Topsy-Turvy (Paperback, Main)

In a film rich with complex and engaging characters, the foremost are Gilbert, childlessly married to a devoted wife, and Sullivan, the brothel-hopping bon viveur with an American mistress. Surrounding them are the performers, musicians, and costumiers of the Savoy Theatre, plus the producer D'Oyly Carte and his team.

It is 1880s London. The popular comic operas of lyricist W. S. Gilbert and composer Arthur Sullivan have never failed, and yet Sullivan is in the midst of a mid-career artistic crisis. He feels he has to move on from the world of topsy-turvy stories that have characterized his work. Gilbert and Sullivan thus find themselves at an impasse that is resolved only when Gilbert is taken by his wife to a Japanese exhibition and the idea for The Mikado begins to form in his mind—and the rest is history.

Topsy-Turvy is the first period piece from Mike Leigh, Britain's highly acclaimed cinematic observer of contemporary manners and mores. This critically celebrated film evokes, with great imagination and verbal dexterity, the travails and triumphs of a famous and much-loved artistic partnership.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	November 2001
Authors:	Mike Leigh
Dimensions:	216 x 137 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20206-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Drama texts, plays > From 1900 > Film & television screenplays
LSN:	0-571-20206-3
Barcode:	9780571202065

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