Revue and proper musical comedy have provided some of the longest
runs in the West End theatre. Yet both were killed stone dead by
television. And both have virtually been forgotten even by theatre
historians. The reason is largely because both forms depended on
comedians making spontaneous jokes so that few working scripts have
survived. Also the musical numbers were simple jolly tunes with no
pretentions to light opera. Altogether they were so transient they
have escaped serious study. Nor for that matter have the two forms
of theatre previously been considered in tandem. Yet authors,
composers and stars were constantly crossing. Then revue and
musical comedy have unsuspected similarity in construction, the
chorus and the topical wit which played an essential part in the
comedy. These two theatrical genres in parallel held sway on the
West End stage for all the last century. This book covers that
century in full and interesting detail.
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