A bawdy, fast-paced, raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre, loosely based on the plays of Plautus.
Pseudolus, a simpering slave, is trying to win his own freedom by cooking up a romance for his master's son, Hero, with the pretty young virgin Philia. But there's a problem - not only is Philia owned by Marcus Lycus, an infamous courtesan dealer, but she's also already promised to swaggering soldier Miles Gloriosus... and neither of them are keen to give her up.
Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, with a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, ran for three years on Broadway. The first British production, starring Frankie Howerd as the cowardly slave Pseudolus, ran almost as long and spawned the TV series Up Pompeii!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Musical.
| ISBN: | 9781854591456 |
| Publication date: | 25th June 2004 |
| Author: | Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 111 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
A bawdy, fast-paced, raunchy comedy musical from one of the world's most influential and innovative creators of musical theatre, loosely based on the plays of Plautus.
Pseudolus, a simpering slave, is trying to win his own freedom by cooking up a romance for his master's son, Hero, with the pretty young virgin Philia. But there's a problem - not only is Philia owned by Marcus Lycus, an infamous courtesan dealer, but she's also already promised to swaggering soldier Miles Gloriosus... and neither of them are keen to give her up.
Stephen Sondheim's A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, with a book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, ran for three years on Broadway. The first British production, starring Frankie Howerd as the cowardly slave Pseudolus, ran almost as long and spawned the TV series Up Pompeii!
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum won the 1962 Tony Award for Best Musical.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is available in Paperback
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was written by Stephen Sondheim, Burt Shevelove, Larry Gelbart and published by Nick Hern Books
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum has 111 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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