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John Snelson

With a Foreword by

Geoffrey Block, General Editor

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Frontispiece: Andrew Lloyd Webber (photo: John Swannell).

Posters and record jackets pictured on pages 11, 12, 14, 23, 35, 43, 44, 48, 50, 52, 62, 63, 74, 128, 142, 192, 196, and 201 designed by Dewynters. Photography for The Phantom of the Opera, Mexico, pages 84, 85, 86, 100, 107, 112, and 120, Fernando Aceves and Juan Carlos Equihua.

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Snelson, John. Andrew Lloyd Webber / John Snelson ; with a foreword by Geoﬀrey Block, general editor. p. cm. — (Yale Broadway masters) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. isbn 0-300-10459-6 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948– Criticism and interpretation. 2. Musicals—History and criticism. I. Block, Geoﬀrey Holden, 1948– . II. Title. III. Series. ml410.l78s64 2004 782.1'4'092—dc22 2004004311

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