If you have the chance to see either a live or fi lmed version of one of the musicals mentioned above, explain what you feel has been added to the drama by the use of music and song If possible,...

If you have the chance to see either a live or fi lmed version of one of the musicals mentioned above, explain what you feel has been added to the drama by the use of music and song

If possible, compare a musical play with its source, such as Edna Ferber’s novel Show Boat. You might also try West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet or My Fair Lady and Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion