Faust Up Tp Date: The 1888 Gaiety Theatre Musical: Complete Book and Lyrics

by Henry Pettitt, George Robert Sims, George R. Sims

While not a darling of the critics, Faust Up To Date was a hit with Victorian audiences, Its original London production of 1888 did enormous business with sold out houses, became a hard to get ticket and achieved a lengthy run. A burlesque of the Faust tale, the musical coined the phrase "up to date" meaning modish or stylish and up on the latest fashions and started a whole string of other "up to date" musicals including Sims and Pettitt's Carmen...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515098060
• ISBN13: 9781515098065
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"