Abstract
Examines the ways in which Porter's list songs were adapted from film to stage, proposing that list songs represent a literary genre as much as a musical one and, as such, require changes - chiefly shortening and the adding of dances - to accommodate the demands of film narrative.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook of Musical Theatre Screen Adaptations |
Editors | Dominic McHugh |
Place of Publication | New York |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Pages | 337-354 |
Number of pages | 18 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780190469993 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- Cole Porter Broadway, Film Adaptation