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Overview"""An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him, The moment he talks he makes some other Englishman despise him."" - Henry George Bernard Shaw famously refused to permit any play of his ""to be degraded into an operetta or set to any music except its own."" Allowing his beloved Pygmalion to be supplanted by a comic opera was therefore unthinkable; yet Lerner and Loewe transformed it into My Fair Lady (1956), a musical that was to delight audiences and critics alike. By famously reversing Shaw’s original ending, the show even dared to establish a cunningly romantic ending. Keith Garebian delves into the libretto for a fresh take, and explores biographies of the show’s principal artists to discover how their roles intersected with real life. Rex Harrison was an alpha male onstage and off, Julie Andrews struggled with her ‘chaste diva’ image, and the direction of the sexually ambiguous Moss Hartcontributed to the musical’s sexual coding." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith GarebianPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Dimensions: Width: 11.90cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 17.20cm Weight: 0.190kg ISBN: 9781138960060ISBN 10: 1138960063 Pages: 92 Publication Date: 15 September 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"Preface 1. Rex Harrison: Alpha Male 2. Julie Andrews: Chaste Vocal Diva 3. Moss Hart: Sexually Ambiguous Dazzler 4. ""Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?"" 5. Queer Meanings Conclusion Bibliography"Reviews"""A distillation of years of the author's intimate knowledge about this and other musicals. His love for his subject and his impeccable prose make reading it a delight."" - Jeffrey Round, Unvailed ""Keith Garebian has neatly combined queer theory, biography, and his own special brand of accessible, engaging writing that adds a unique perspective to the presence of a great play that became a great musical."" - Bateman Reviews" A distillation of years of the author's intimate knowledge about this and other musicals. His love for his subject and his impeccable prose make reading it a delight. - Jeffrey Round, Unvailed Keith Garebian has neatly combined queer theory, biography, and his own special brand of accessible, engaging writing that adds a unique perspective to the presence of a great play that became a great musical. - Bateman Reviews A distillation of years of the author's intimate knowledge about this and other musicals. His love for his subject and his impeccable prose make reading it a delight. - Jeffrey Round, Unvailed Keith Garebian has neatly combined queer theory, biography, and his own special brand of accessible, engaging writing that adds a unique perspective to the presence of a great play that became a great musical. - Bateman Reviews Author InformationKeith Garebian is a freelance literary and theatre critic, and an award-winning author and poet. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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