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Oscar Asche, orientalism, and British musical comedy / Brian Singleton.
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Author
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Date published
2004
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Oxford : Praeger ; Harcourt Education [distributor], 2004.
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Accession number
83431578
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Class
86.935/SIN
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ISBN
0275979296 (hbk.)
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General note: Includes chapter on popularizing Shakespeare and appendices on Oscar Asche's production career and career in context. Bibliography, etc. note: Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary, etc: Oscar Asche enjoyed a successful career as an actor producer of Shakespeare, before turning to musical theatre becoming one of the most successful actor/managers of his generation. An important innovator, Asche was the first person to use stage lighting as a language of the stage.