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| Last Edit: AlanScott 12:24 am EST 02/03/24 | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:22 am EST 02/03/24 | |
| In reply to: 1776? Into the Woods? Fiorello?? - KingSpeed 11:37 pm EST 02/02/24 | |
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| You're right that I should have read the original post more carefully, or at least re-read it before posting. DCollingwood did specify that answers should not include musicals retelling historical events. And I guess that includes musicals inspired by real people. But my question is where would draw the line? So many classic plays, novels, etc., were inspired by something from real life. The Seagull was inspired by things that happened to people in Chekhov's circle, and the play caused something of scandal among those people because of that, but would we say that the play is not an original? Similarly, several of Ibsen's plays were very much inspired by real people and things that happened to them. Again, in at least one case, scandals were caused because of Ibsen's using those real people and the things happened to them. Are the plays not originals? Is War and Peace not an original novel because historical events are recounted by Tolstoy? (Many at the time said they were distorted by him.) Shaw's Pygmalion was inspired by a real person. Is it therefore not original? Should we get rid of Follies from my list because it was inspired by the real-life Ziegfeld Girls Club? We could perhaps get rid of a bunch of the titles people have posted if we looked into them carefully. For example, PlayWiz mentioned The Music Man, but that was inspired by real people from Willson's home town. Still, I should have been more careful in my reply. |
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