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Sweet Nothings: the Story of Musical Comedy

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2/2. After taking London by storm in the 1880s, British musicals soon began touring the USA and Europe to great acclaim. After the First World War, however, the Americans began to produce their own musical comedies, with big production numbers and high-energy performance that left the gentler British productions rather in the shade. Could
British composers and lyricists find a way of reclaiming the genre, or was the future of musical comedy a predominantly American one? Presented by Ned Sherrin. Producer Libby cross

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Ned Sherrin.
Source: Radio Times

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