plays and musical comedies

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• Musical theatre — The Black Crook (1866), considered by some historians to be the first musical[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – …   Wikipedia

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• Gilbert and Sullivan — refers to the Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900). Together, they wrote fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S. Pinafore , The Pirates of Penzance , and… …   Wikipedia

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• Kaunas State Musical Theatre — is musical theatre in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was established on November 27, 1940 in former State Theatre hall adjoining the Laisvės Alėja. For some time it was playing mostly operettas.The buildingDecision to build Kaunas City Theatre was… …   Wikipedia

• The Boy (musical) — Infobox Musical name = The Boy subtitle = caption = Song from The Boy music = Lionel Monckton Howard Talbot lyrics = Adrian Ross Percy Greenbank book = Fred Thompson Percy Greenbank basis = Pinero s play, The Magistrate productions = 1917 West… …   Wikipedia

• The First Nudie Musical — Infobox Film name = The First Nudie Musical caption = The First Nudie Musical (DVD) director = Mark Haggard Bruce Kimmel producer = Jack Reeves writer = Bruce Kimmel starring = Stephen Nathan Cindy Williams Bruce Kimmel Leslie Ackerman Alan… …   Wikipedia

• Pygmalion and Galatea — Pygmalion and Galatea, an Original Mythological Comedy is a blank verse play by W. S. Gilbert in three acts based on the Pygmalion story. It opened at the Haymarket Theatre in London on December 9 1871. It was revived many times, including an… …   Wikipedia

• Jasper and John Heywood —     Heywood     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Jasper and John Heywood     (1) Jasper Heywood     A poet and translator; born 1535 in London; died 1598 at Naples. As a boy he was page of honour to Princess (afterwards Queen) Elizabeth. In 1547 he was… …   Catholic encyclopedia