Edwardian Musical Comedy

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musical comedy
gptkbp:alumni late 20th century
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:vaudeville
musical theatre
operetta
burlesque
gptkbp:characteristics catchy songs
humorous dialogue
light-hearted themes
gptkbp:culturalImpact influenced modern musicals
popularized the musical format
introduced new forms of entertainment
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edwardian Musical Comedy
gptkbp:influencedBy operetta
Victorian_burlesque
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Empire_Theatre
gptkb:Lyric_Theatre
gptkb:Gaiety_Theatre
gptkb:Savoy_Theatre
gptkbp:notableFigures gptkb:George_Edwardes
gptkb:Ivor_Novello
gptkb:Paul_Rubens
Lionel_Monckton
gptkbp:notableSong gptkb:My_Heart_Stood_Still
gptkb:The_Girl_Who_Came_to_Supper
A Little of What You Fancy
The Boy Friend
The Merry Widow Waltz
The Lambeth Walk
I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside
The Sunshine of Your Smile
If You Were the Only Girl in the World
Take Me Back to Dear Old Blighty
gptkbp:notableWorks gptkb:The_Arcadians
The Merry Widow
The Geisha
Bitter_Sweet
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:performances musical theatre
theatrical productions
gptkbp:reduces gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:timePeriod Edwardian era