Sweet Mystery: The Musical Works of Rida Johnson Young

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Ellen M. Peck (Associate Professor of Drama, Associate Professor of Drama, Jacksonville State University)

Sweet Mystery

The Musical Works of Rida Johnson Young

Ellen M. Peck (Associate Professor of Drama, Associate Professor of Drama, Jacksonville State University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
03 December 2020

Theatre Studies; Musicals; Easy listening, MOR music

Series: Broadway Legacies

Rida Johnson Young (ca. 1869-1926) was one of the most prolific female playwrights of her time, as well as a lyricist and librettist in the musical theater. She wrote more than thirty full-length plays, operettas, and musical comedies, 500 songs, and four novels, including Naughty Marietta, Lady Luxury, The Red Petticoat, and When Love is Young . Despite her extensive output, no significant study of her work has been produced. This book looks at her musical theater works with in-depth analyses of her librettos and lyrics, as well as her working relationships with other writers, performers, and producers, particularly Lee and J. J. Shubert. Using archival materials such as original typescripts, correspondence, and reviews, the book contextualizes her work in the early twentieth century professional theater and provides a window into the standard practices of writing and production of the era.

By: Ellen M. Peck (Associate Professor of Drama Associate Professor of Drama Jacksonville State University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 239mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780190873585
ISBN 10: 0190873582
Series: Broadway Legacies
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 03 December 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Illustrations List of Boxes Acknowledgments Preface 1: The Women Who Wrote 2: An Old Story in a New Dress: The Emerging Playwright 3: Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life: Naughty Marietta 4: The Old-Fashioned Things Must Go: Musical Comedies 5: Just One of the Boys: Young as Co-Writer 6: Will You Remember?: Operetta in Wartime 7: Dream Girl: End of a Career Appendix: List of Works by Rida Johnson Young Selected Bibliography Index

Ellen M. Peck is Associate Professor of Drama at Jacksonville State University, where she teaches theatre history, dramatic literature, stage management, and musical theatre history. She has worked as a freelance Stage Manager for several theatres and opera companies around the country, including Michigan Opera Theatre, Goodspeed Musicals, Spoleto USA, and Utah Opera.