Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction novel about Islam, Blood and Sand, was made into a Japanese musical called ‘Love and Death in Arabia’ starring Matubo Sei of The Takarazuka Revue (宝塚歌劇団). Researching this on the internet has been completely absorbing and fascinating. Although my Japanese is poor, and Google translator unreliable, I have found more informationRead More »
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Rosemary Sutcliff’s Blood and Sand by Japanese 宝塚歌劇団 (The Takarazuka Revue) as musical | Sutcliff Discovery of the Day
Rosemary Sutcliff’s historical fiction Blood and Sand was made into musical theatre by 宝塚歌劇団 (The Takarazuka Revue). It was called ‘Love and Death in Arabia‘ and combined with a ‘fantasy’ Red Hot Sea (see here). Stars were Matobu Sei & Sakurano Ayane and it was advertised as a ‘musical romance’ about ‘love and death’ and ‘ a noble British arab warrior’. I never saw the show – a strange departure for the author of the classic The Eagle of the Ninth – but I have now found again some video material I once tracked down.
The Eagle of the Ninth film music by Atli Örvarsson
Icelandic music composer Atli Örvarsson will created the music for the film The Eagle based on Rosemary Sutcliff‘s The Eagle of the Ninth. He works with industry-leading composer Hans Zimmer and is ‘rapidly joining the ranks of Hollywood’s most dynamic young musical talents’. Given Rosemary Sutcliff’s love of Icelandic sagas, this choice seems highly appropriate. Read More »
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 