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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1875-1982: An Unofficial History
  
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D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1875-1982: An Unofficial History (Paperback)

by Tony Joseph (Author)
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  • Paperback: 388 pages
  • Publisher: Bunthorne Books (Jul 1994)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0950799211
  • ISBN-13: 978-0950799216
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,011,502 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Illuminating, 11 Nov 2001
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Although not the first book to relate the history of the venerable D'Oyly Carte company, Tony Joseph breaks new ground. This is no coffee table volume depicting mostly pictorial material. Rather it offers a sympathetic but unsentimental account of the company. And whilst its author is clearly a D'Oyly Carte fan, the book is not, in any sense, the sycophantic notes of an admirer.

The company's often eccentric history, through highs and lows, leading to its tragic closure in 1982 is lovingly related. Admittedly Joseph pulls his punches somewhat towards the end of the book. The reasons for the company's decline and indeed the nature of that decline - was it artistic as well as financial - are never made clear. Joseph also increasingly focuses on the family atmosphere of the company at the expense of its artistic achievement, and its activities since its reformation in 1988 are barely touched upon.

But these are quibbles in an otherwise important and entertaining tracing of an important, and neglected, part of British theatrical history.

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