South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten (Broadway Legacies) by Lovensheimer, Jim - 2010-08-24

Oxford University Press, USA, August 2010. Hardcover . Good/Good. This book explores the show's complex messages and demonstrates how the presentation of those messages changed throughout the creative process. Jim Lovensheimer shows how Rodgers and especially Hammerstein continually refined and softened the theme of racial intolerance until it was more acceptable to mainstream Broadway audiences.--[book jacket]

Oxford University Press, USA, 2010-08-24. Hardcover. Good.

Hardback. New. South Pacific: Paradise Rewritten offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how Rodgers and Hammerstein diluted the radical social and political content of the musical South Pacific between its conception and its Broadway opening in order to ensure its commercial success, resulting in a work that remained edifying but that did not offend its audiences.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Oxford University Press, 2010-08-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Oxford Univ Pr, 2010. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 288 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.00 inches.