Novels sets in theatre/opera?

[Gretchen]

Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.

[Emil Miller]

Does anyone have any recommendations?
Thanks in advance.


Theatre by W.S.Maugham who was a prolific novelist and dramatist.

[Drkshadow03]

Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton and Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy have scenes that occur at operas.

[kelby_lake]

Phantom of The Opera :)

[Charles Darnay]

The Painted Girls is quite enjoyable. Very beautifully (sometimes a bit over the top) in terms of the writing, and a good treatment of belle-epoch Paris (and Degas' dirty mind).

[islandclimber]

Proust's In Search of Lost Time has a number of rather stunning descriptions of the theatre and the art of acting. The narrators affinity for the actress Berma and his meandering thoughts upon stagecraft are quite sublime.

[Jackson Richardson]

Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby includes the long episode when Nicholas in attached to Mr Vincent Crummles' touring theatrical company. It is a gem and still very funny - the transparent vanity and the innocence of the luvvies is adorably described.

Edmund Crispin's comedy whodunnit, Swan Song, is set in a touring operatic company.

[kasie]

Beryl Bainbridge - An Awfully Big Adventure - set in a 50s rep company in Liverpool.

J B Priestley - The Good Companions - follows a 20s touring company round England.