Cultural Identity in British Musical Theatre, 1890–1939

​Ben Macpherson is Senior Lecturer in Musical Theatre in the School of Media and Performing Arts at the University of Portsmouth, UK. His publications include Voice Studies: Critical Approaches to Process, Performance and Experience (co-edited with Konstantinos Thomaidis, 2015) and he has written widely on both voice studies and British identity in musical theatre.

• 1. ​The British Musical in Seven Stories.- 2. Nation – Mythologies and Modernity.- 3. Femininity – Cinderella’s and Caretakers.- 4. Manliness – Domesticity and Defence.- 5. Empire – Ornamentalism and Orientalism.- 6. Conflict – Continuity and Change.- 7. Peace – Nostalgia and Nationhood.- 8. The English Musical in Many Stories.