Shows Set In Britain?
Shows Set In Britain?
#1Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 4:42pm
Any besides:
OLIVER
MY FAIR LADY
BILLY ELLIOTT
MARY POPPINS
Please and thank you
"I saw Pavarotti play Rodolfo on stage and with his girth I thought he was about to eat the whole table at the Cafe Momus." - Dollypop
#2Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 4:46pm
SWEENEY TODD
CAMELOT
BAKER STREET
HALF A SIXPENCE
Cheyenne Jackson tickled me. AFTER ordering SoMMS a drink but NOT tickling him, and hanging out with Girly in his dressing room (where he DIDN'T tickle her) but BEFORE we got married. To others. And then he tweeted Boobs. He also tweeted he's good friends with some chick on "The Voice" who just happens to be good friends with Tink's ex. And I'm still married. Oh, and this just in: "Pettiness, spite, malice ....Such ugly emotions... So sad." - After Eight, talking about MEEEEEEEE!!! I'm so honored! :-)
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#2Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 4:55pm
Jayne Eyre
The Secret Garden
Peter Pan
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Most of Shakespeare's plays
"I love acting. It is so much more real than life." Oscar Wilde
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
Updated On: 3/19/10 at 04:55 PM
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
#3Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 5:18pm
Blood Brothers
Never Forget
Dreamboats & Petticoats
Me and My Girl
Our House
Bad Girls
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Scrooge
Rise & Fall of Little Voice
The Pitmen Painters
Calendar Girls
Jerusalem
#4Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:07pm
Brigadoon
The Woman in White The Full Monty
Updated On: 3/19/10 at 06:07 PM
#5Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:10pmMost of Shaw's plays
Some people paint, some people sew, I meddle.
#6Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:14pmMe and My Girl
"He found something that he wanted, had always wanted and always would want— not to be admired, as he had feared; not to be loved, as he had made himself believe; but to be necessary to people, to be indispensable."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise
#7Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:42pm
The Beautiful Game
Spamalot
My Fair Lady
Sweeney Todd
Blood Brothers
#8Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:55pm
Let's move this up a gear:
La Cage Aux Folles
Man of La Mancha
A Little Night Music
An Enemy of the People
The Cherry Orchard
Pacific Overtures
Zorba
Annie
#9Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 6:59pm
By Jeeves
Coram Boy
The History Boys
The Norman Conquests
Jekyll & Hyde
Taboo
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#10Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/19/10 at 7:14pm
idk if you wanted just musicals or plays and musicals, but whatever.
a christmas carol
nicholas nickleby
equus
tess of the d'urbervilles
taboo
the 39 steps
dial m for murder
wuthering heights
the history boys
the importance of being earnest
an ideal husband
closer
a day in the death of joe egg
after miss julie
lorna doone
waterloo bridge
#11Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 4:37am
Idk if you want plays or musicals that have been done in the US only. If not the list will be endless.
The Lion in Winter
Thomas and the King
A Man for all Seasons
Rex
can all be connected in that order by their subject matter.
Salene
Broadway Star Joined: 3/26/07
#12Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 6:39am
The Woman in White
The Woman in Black
The Mousetrap
#13Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 6:54amActually, most of Shakespeare's wernt set in Britain, most are set elsewhere in Europe or in fantasy lands!
#14Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 7:21am
Ooh, well let's do a count...
As You Like It - might be set in France but is probably the English midlands.
Cymbeline - set partially in Britain.
The Merry Wives of Windsor - I guess the clue is in the name. XD
Henry IV Parts 1 & 2 - set in all England's glory.
Henry V - spends a lot of time in France but starts off in England.
Henry VI Parts 1, 2 & 3 - starts off in France but spends increasingly more time in England as the plays progress.
King John - again, spends time in France but starts off in England.
Richard II - England and Wales. Also, R2 heads off to Ireland at one point although I can't for the life of me remember if he gets there or not. We don't see it, anyway.
Richard III - England, m'boy.
King Lear - you can tell it's set in Britain, 'cos of the weather. XD
Macbeth - Scotland.
14 out of 38 ain't bad. :3 There aren't any set in fantasy lands though; I'm pretty certain the only one that can't be geographically placed is The Tempest. And that's just because Prospero has been purposefully exiled to a Long Way Away, he's still the Duke of a recognisable European city. Bill seems to have a real thing for Greece and Italy!
#15Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 10:01amOf the ones on the list below, the only ones SPECIFIED as set in England were the historical ones, remember Shakespear was commisioned by the monarchy, so there is ALOT of propaganda in his work, hence why alot of his plays (the clear majority) are not set in England as the majority would put a bad out look on current (well, current at the time) British monarchy!
whatever2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/25/06
#16Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 12:28pm
The Hired Man.
An absolutely lovely, completely obscure musical exploring the impact of industrialization and modernization on traditional english country life. 59E59 included it in Brits Off Broadway a couple of years ago. i *think* their BO still sells CDs of the cast recording.
"You, sir, are a moron." (PlayItAgain)
#17Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 2:01pm
If not the list will be endless.
I know, right? OP may as well stick a bunch of titles in a hat and randomly draw them out. Chances are most will be set in 'Britain' lol.
angelplays
Stand-by Joined: 3/11/10
#18Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 2:48pm
The Vertical Hour (Yale University (US) and the Welsh Borderlands)
Skylight
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#19Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 5:17pmScripps2, Annie was not set in Britain.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
WishingOnlyWounds2
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/25/08
#21Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 7:28pm
^^^
You know, I didn't even really look. Annie caught my eye cause it was last. But alas, you're right.
2008: Feb. 18- Rent, Feb. 19- Curtains, April 18- Xanadu, April 22- Wicked, April 26- Legally Blonde, May 31- Wicked, June 13- The Little Mermaid, June 28- Wicked and Young Frankenstein, July 2- The Little Mermaid, July 6- A Chorus Line and Legally Blonde, August 16- Xanadu, September 13- Legally Blonde and 13, September 28- Xanadu and Spring Awakening, Oct. 12-GYPSY and [title of show], Oct. 19- Hairspray & Legally Blonde, Nov. 9- Wicked and 13, Dec. 14-13, Dec. 26- Billy Elliot, 2009: Jan 1- Shrek, Jan 2- 13 and Wicked, Jan 4- 13, Feb 17- In The Heights, Feb 19- Billy Elliot, Feb 22- Sweeney Todd (tour), March 28- Mary Poppins, April 4- Mamma Mia!, April 15- Jersey Boys (on tour), April 25- next to normal & 9 to 5
May 1- Billy Elliot, May 3- Spelling Bee (tour), May 8- Chicago, May 21- Wicked, June 6- Everyday Rapture, June 23- The Wiz, June 25- Hair July 15- Shrek, August 9- Wicked, September 7- Rock of Ages, October 11- Next To Normal, October 23- The Marvelous Wonderettes, November 7- Ragtime November 29- Dreamgirls, December 25- Billy Elliot, December 30- Finian's Rainbow, 2010: January 9- Bye Bye Birdie, January 16- Memphis February 17- The Phantom of The Opera, February 18- God of Carnage, March 7- Billy Elliot, March 31- American Idiot
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#23Shows Set In Britain?
Posted: 3/20/10 at 9:17pmI would say that As You Like It is definitely set in France, with the Forest of Arden either being an anglicization of a French forest or Shakespeare just taking the name of the actual Forest of Arden in England and applied to a fantastical place.
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