Resource
Fantasy and Folly - the lost world of New Zealand musicals (1880 - 1940)
Book or booklet paperback
About
"Once heard - long forgotten" says the author about New Zealand's pioneering stage musicals. But do they deserve to be lost in the props cupboard of history? Peter Harcourt's comprehensive study conjures up a romantic, sometimes bizarre world of impresarios and Lotharios, cannibal feasts and femmes fatale. Of special interest is the vibrant Maori aspect of many of our early musicals, and the bold attempts to create a distinctive New Zealand identity.
Collation
vi, 170 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm
Copyright
(c) Bidwill Trust 2002
Publisher note
Steele Roberts Ltd