Gresham College | Twentieth-Century Divas: Julie Andrews - Dominic Broomfield-McHugh @GreshamCollege | Uploaded 4 months ago | Updated 9 hours ago
Starring in My Fair Lady (1956), The Sound of Music (1965) and Cinderella (1957) gave Dame Julie Andrews unparalleled profile.
These were among the most successful Broadway, Hollywood and TV musicals of their time. Yet following this golden decade, she made few films and appeared in no Broadway shows during her forties and fifties, typically an artist’s most productive period.
How did she then become one of the most revered female stars of the late twentieth century?
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
06:09 Child opera singer
11:20 Home life
13:34 Rising star
15:17 My Fair Lady
19:53 Cinderella
21:22 Musical theatre career
24:08 Movie star
33:34 Later career, work with Blake Edwards
44:59 Return to stage
47:00 Vocal surgery aftermath
47:59 Conclusion
49:47 Q&A session
This lecture was recorded by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh on 2nd May 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London
Dominic is Visiting Professor of Film and Theatre Music.
He is also Professor of Music at the University of Sheffield.
The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website:
gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/andrews
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Starring in My Fair Lady (1956), The Sound of Music (1965) and Cinderella (1957) gave Dame Julie Andrews unparalleled profile.
These were among the most successful Broadway, Hollywood and TV musicals of their time. Yet following this golden decade, she made few films and appeared in no Broadway shows during her forties and fifties, typically an artist’s most productive period.
How did she then become one of the most revered female stars of the late twentieth century?
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
06:09 Child opera singer
11:20 Home life
13:34 Rising star
15:17 My Fair Lady
19:53 Cinderella
21:22 Musical theatre career
24:08 Movie star
33:34 Later career, work with Blake Edwards
44:59 Return to stage
47:00 Vocal surgery aftermath
47:59 Conclusion
49:47 Q&A session
This lecture was recorded by Dominic Broomfield-McHugh on 2nd May 2024 at Barnard's Inn Hall, London
Dominic is Visiting Professor of Film and Theatre Music.
He is also Professor of Music at the University of Sheffield.
The transcript of the lecture is available from the Gresham College website:
gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/andrews
Gresham College has offered free public lectures for over 400 years, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. There are currently over 2,500 lectures free to access. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to learn from some of the greatest minds. To support Gresham's mission, please consider making a donation: gresham.ac.uk/support
Website: gresham.ac.uk
Twitter: twitter.com/greshamcollege
Facebook: facebook.com/greshamcollege
Instagram: instagram.com/greshamcollege
