Episode 2: Victor Hugo and English Operetta

Episode 2: Victor Hugo and English Operetta

Author: Remington Adeney Campbell July 25, 2022 Duration: 25:54

Script Here: Episode 2: Victor Hugo and English Operetta - OUT OF THE WINGS (outofthewingsmedia.com)


Books:

Citron, Stephen - Noel and Cole: The Sophisticates - 1992 - Oxford University Press

Dickson, John - Bullies and Saints: An Honest Look at the Good and Evil of Christian History - 2021 - Zondervan

Hammerstein, Oscar Arthur - The Hammersteins: A Musical Theatre Family - 2010 - Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Harding, James - Folies de Paris: The Rise and Fall of French Operetta - 1979 - Chappell & Company

Ganzl, Kurt. Lamb, Andrew - Ganzl’s Book of the Musical Theatre - 1988 - The Bodley Head

Nightingale, Benedict - The Musical Phenomenon Les Miserables From Page to Stage to Screen - 2018 - Carlton Books Limited

Lerner, Alan Jay - The Musical Theatre: A Celebration - 1986 - Gilmount

Weston, David - Covering Shakespeare: An Actor’s Saga of Near Misses and Dogged Endurance - 2014 - Oberon Books

Whitfield, Sarah - Boubil and Schonberg’s Les Miserables - 2019 - Routledge

Websites:

A Brief Summary of Victor Hugo’s Life - Guernsey Museums & Galleries - A Brief Summary of Victor Hugo's Life - Guernsey Museums (gov.gg)

Victor Hugo - Britanica - Victor Hugo | Biography, Books, Poems, & Facts | Britannica

Notre Dame Cathedral Update - Friends of Notre Dame de Paris - Notre Dame Cathedral Update | 2022 Restoration Update (friendsofnotredamedeparis.org)

Why did Gilbert and Sullivan quarrel over a carpet? - Classical Music - Why did Gilbert and Sullivan quarrel over a carpet? | Classical Music (classical-music.com)

The beginner’s guide to operetta - English National Opera - The beginner's guide to operetta | English National Opera (eno.org)

Other:

Oxford Dictionary


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