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Musical Comedy on the

West End Stage, 18901939

Len Platt


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Len Platt 2004

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Musical comedy on the West End stage, 18901939 / Len Platt.p. cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.ISBN 1403932255 (hardback)1. MusicalsSocial aspectsEnglandLondon. 2.West End (London,

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Contents

List of Illustrations viii

Preface ix

1 Themes and Approaches 1

2 Our Sickly Ages End Musical Comedy and Modernity 26

3 Chin Chin Chinaman Doing Other Cultures 59

4 Aristocracy and the Cultural Politics of Modernity 83

5 Interventions in the Politics of Gender and Sexuality 104

6 The Decline of West End Musical Comedy, 19121939 126

Appendices 152

1 Selected British Musical Comedies, 18921920

(London, West End) 154

2 Selected Imported Musical Comedy, 18981920


3 Selected Musical Comedies, 19211939


Notes 178

Bibliography 195

Index 200

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