Screen LibraryThe Disney musical on stage and screen : critical approaches from 'Snow White' to 'Frozen' /
The Disney Musical: Critical Approaches on Stage and Screen is the first critical treatment of the corporation's hugely successful musicals both on screen and on the stage. Its 13 articles open up a new territory in the critical discussion of the Disney mega-musical, its gender, sexual and raci...
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Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
The Disney Musical: Critical Approaches on Stage and Screen is the first critical treatment of the corporation's hugely successful musicals both on screen and on the stage. Its 13 articles open up a new territory in the critical discussion of the Disney mega-musical, its gender, sexual and racial politics, outreach work and impact of stage, film and television adaptations. Covering early 20th century works such as the first full-length feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), to The Lion King - Broadway's highest grossing production in history, and Frozen (2013), this edited coll |
| Carrier Form: | ix, 257 pages : illustrations, forms ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781474234177 (hardback) : 1474234178 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PN1999 |
| CLC: | J905.712 |
| Call Number: | J905.712/D612-1 |
| Contents: |
Disney musicals: on film. Music and the aura of reality in Walt Disney's Snow White and the seven dwarfs (1937) / Medieval 'beauty' and romantic 'song' in animated Technirama: pageantry, tableau and action in Disney's Sleeping Beauty / Mary Poppins: a precursor of the feminist musical? / Musicals in the mirror: Enchanted, self-reflexivity and Disney's sudden boldness / Disney adaptations: on stage and beyond. Disney as Broadway auteur: the Disney versions of Broadw |