British Musical Theatre since 1950

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Part I: Musicals and Social Change (Robert Gordon)
1.1 British Theatre and Society after the Second World War
1.2 Innovation and Nostalgia: Camp in the Post-War British Musical
Case Study 1: Salad Days
1.3 Rock and Roll and the Theatre Revolution
1.4 The Play with Music: Political Theatre and Working-Class Culture
Case Study 2: Blood Brothers
1.5 The Impact of Oliver!
1.6 After Jesus Christ Superstar: Globalization and Cultural Specificity
Case Study 3: Billy Elliot
1.7 Global and Local: The Family Musical
Case Study 4: Matilda - The Musical

Part II: British Popular Culture and Musical Theatre (Millie Taylor)
2.1 Nostalgia in Character and Dramatic Form
Case Study 5: Oh What a Lovely War!
2.2 Reflecting Multiculturalism
Case Study 6: Bombay Dreams
2.3 Changing Signification in Popular Music
Case Study 7: Oliver!
Case Study 8: The Rocky Horror Show
Conclusion to Part Two

Part III: Narrative and Story-Telling in the British Musical since 1970 (Olaf Jubin)
Preamble
Introduction
3.1 Concept Recordings: When What You See is What You Have Heard
Case Study 9: Jesus Christ Superstar
3.2 Sung-Through Shows: When the Spoken Word is Shunned
3.3 Stage Adaptations of Novels: When the Written Word Becomes Theatrical Action
Case Study 10: Les Misérables
Case Study 11: The Phantom of the Opera
3.4 Original Stories: When the Content is Unknown
3.5 Jukebox Musicals: When You Know All the Songs
Case Study 12: Mamma Mia!
3.6 Stage Adaptation of Films: When the Cinematic Becomes the Theatrical

Conclusion
Timeline
Notes
Selective Bibliography
Discography
Filmography
Index