Must Close Saturday: The Decline and Fall of the British Musical Flop

by Adrian Wright

The first book to deal exclusively with British musical flops, Must Close Saturday presents a rolling panorama of the good, the bad and the ugly, reassessing their place in theatrical history.

The ominous announcement Must Close Saturday too often heralded the demise of British musicals. Looking forward from the vantage point of Lionel Bart's spectacularly successful Oliver! in 1960, Adrian Wright's authoritative chronicle of the commercially...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 178327235X
• ISBN13: 9781783272358
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 371 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.3"