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Oscar Asche, orientalism, and British musical comedy

During World War I, he captured the public imagination and provided audiences with escapist musicals set in fictional orients.Oscar Asche excelled in many theatre genres, including musical comedy, pantomime, music hall, melodrama, and Shakespeare.
Print Book, English, 2004
Praeger Publishers, Westport, Conn., 2004
xiv, 219 s. : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780275979294, 0275979296
1023139103
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