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Happyland (other)
Happy Land or Happyland may refer to: Arts and entertainment *''The Happy Land'', an 1873 play by W. S. Gilbert and Gilbert Arthur à Beckett *Happy Land (film), ''Happy Land'' (film), a 1943 film starring Don Ameche *Happy Land (TV series), ''Happy Land'' (TV series), a Philippine TV show by GMA Network *Happyland (band), an Australian band *Happyland (album), ''Happyland'' (album), by Amanda Jenssen *Happyland (novel), ''Happyland'' (novel), a novel by J. Robert Lennon *Happyland (opera), ''Happyland'' (opera), opera by Reginald De Koven *Happyland (TV series), ''Happyland'' (TV series), an MTV comedy series *Happyland (song), "Happyland" (song), by Måns Zelmerlöw *''Happy Land!'', a song by Edward Francis Rimbault, Edward F. Rimbault Places *Happyland, Connecticut, United States, an unincorporated community in the town of Preston, Connecticut#Principal communities, Preston, Connecticut *Happyland, Oklahoma, United States, an unincorporated community *Happyland (provincial electo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Happy Land
''The Happy Land'' is a play with music written in 1873 by W. S. Gilbert (under the pseudonym F. Latour Tomline) and Gilbert Arthur à Beckett. The musical play burlesques Gilbert's earlier play, '' The Wicked World''. The blank verse piece opened at the Royal Court Theatre on 3 March 1873 and enjoyed a highly successful run, soon touring, and then being immediately revived at the same theatre in the autumn of 1873.Joseph S Meisel (1999), The Importance of Being Serious: The Unexplored Connection between Gladstone and Humour', History 84 (274), p. 278–300. Rees, Terence. "''The Happy Land'': its true and remarkable history" in ''W. S. Gilbert Society Journal'' vol. 1, no. 8 (1994), pp. 228–37 The play created a scandal by breaking regulations against the portrayal of public characters, parodying William Ewart Gladstone, Robert Lowe, and Acton Smee Ayrton, respectively the Prime Minister, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and First Commissioner of Works. Three characters were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
