The South Pacific Companion

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Following the successful The Sound of Music Companion, comes The South Pacific Companion, the essential guide and history for the discerning musical lover and SP fanatic. 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of this wonderful film.This fascinating book covers the history of the stage show and its historical context.
Following the successful The Sound of Music Companion, comes The South Pacific Companion, the essential guide and history for the discerning musical lover and SP fanatic. 2008 marks the 50th anniversary of this wonderful film.

This fascinating book covers the history of the stage show and its historical context. World War II was fresh in the world's minds when this show first opened on Broadway only 4 years after the end of the war and this gave the film an immensely poignant immediacy. Deservedly, both the novel and the musical of South Pacific won the Pulitzer Prize.

South Pacific returns to the UK stage in summer 2007 with a 10 month tour, starring Helena Blackman (from How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria) and Dave Willetts. In 2008 the musical's first ever Broadway revival is to open at the Lincoln Center in April.

With extensive images from the film, plus many never seen before photographs from the original stage show, this is a beautiful and indispensable guide to South Pacific.
Wordcount: 35,000 words

Other Companion titles:
Andrew Lloyd-Webber's Phantom of the Opera Companion 9781862057630
The Sound of Music Companion 9781862057500
The Sound of Music Companion Collection with CD 9781862057777

2008 sees the first US revival on Broadway

50th anniversary of the much loved film

Places the story in the wider context of a world at war

Many great images from the ever popular film

Author Bio

Laurence Maslon is an associate arts professor at NYUs Tisch School of the Arts. He was awarded the Theatre Museums 2005 award for the TV series Broadway: The American Musical, and has worked on many showbiz documentaries with many writing, directing and adaptation credits to his name. Laurence is also the author of The Sound of Music Companion and The South Pacific Companion.