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PAUL LEIGH
Nationality: USA
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Moll Flanders Three Musketeers, The YaricoMoll Flanders
Daniel Defoe's famous eighteenth-century novel about a girl born in Newgate Gaol: "Twelve Year a Whore, Five Times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia" who"at last grew Riche, liv'd in Honest and died a Penitent" is brought to the stage in this rumbustious musical written by Claire Luckham. the tale of Moll's many fortunes and misfortunes as she travels from Newgate Gaol to Colchester to Virginia to Bath to Liverpool to London and back again is told in a vivid series of deft, funny scenes. Travel, highway robbery, bloodsports, thieving, marriage and sex become Moll's picaresque pastimes as, with unfailing optimism, she seeks security in a world where the odds are stacked against her. the songs have fresh and witty lyrics by Paul Leigh and the music, by George Stiles, uses english folk-tunes - from "Greensleeves"to "Over the Hills and Far away" - to evoke the period feel.
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Book by Claire Luckham, lyrics by Paul Leigh, music by George Stiles. Based on the novel by Daniel Defoe
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Samuel French, London >>> 978-057308099-9
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Top of PageThree Musketeers, The
everyone is familiar with the renowned adventures of D'Artagnan and his three fellow musketeers, Athos, Porthos and Aramis, as they fight for king and country-with frequent detours involving wine, women and song. the entire panoply of action is captured here with brilliant inventiveness and theatricality: the devious trickery of Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter; the sad plight of the beauteous Constance Bonacieux; attempted assassinations; plots and counterplots; and the final triumph of virtue over the forces of evil. Moving swiftly from scene to scene, with minimal staging required, the play captures all the color and excitement of the original with notable economy, and provides a memorable-and unashamedly romantic-experience for audiences and actors alike.
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from Alexandre Dumas. Music by George Stiles; book by Peter Raby with Francis Matthews; lyrics by Paul Leigh
1st Produced:
American Musical Theatre, San Jose 10 Mar 2001
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1st Published:
Dramatists Play Service, NY, 978-0-8222-1140-2
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Original cast recording: American Musical theatre of San Jose 2001
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Yarico, an Amerindian beauty, is a young woman with great dreams and a fierce, independent spirit& When Inkle, the third son of a British merchant is shipwrecked on her island, he faces certain death at the hands of the islanders. In a courageous act, Yarico intervenes and saves him from his fate, marking the beginning of an extraordinary love story, which ultimately takes them to the island of Barbados. The story of Yarico was first recorded by Richard Ligon in his book: True and Exact History of the Island of Barbados published in 1657. On hearing her story, Ligon wrote: "And so poor Yarico for her love, lost her liberty. This powerful and epic new musical of forbidden love, betrayal and redemption is based on a true story that fired the world's imagination and contributed to a social movement against the slave trade. A story of great historical significance that has languished in time, once revived will remind us of the value of freedom.
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Book & Lyrics: Carl Miller; Music: James McConnel; Lyrics: Paul Leigh
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