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The Empire 2 - A Backstage Betrayal
Release Date: 07/11/2024
Publisher: Zaffre
You can order your copy here!
The second novel in the Empire series. Available to pre-order. |
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Different Aspects
Release Date: 12/10/2023
Publisher: Blink Publishing, 304 pages
You can order your copy here!
Michael's first non-fiction book. It's a journey behind the scenes about his time on stage performing in Aspects of Love - both the first time in 1989 and now in 2023. |
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The Empire
Release Date: 13/10/2022
Publisher: Zaffre, 400 pages
Sunday Times Bestseller - #3
You can order your copy here!
Michael's first fictional book! The first in a series set in the world of theatre by the master of musical theatre. |
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Actually, it's Love (Re-release of The things we do for love)
Release Date: 16/07/2004
Blake Publishing - ISBN 1-85782-532-2
All royalties from this book will go to ROC
In 1992 Cathy's sister-in-law, Angela McGowan, died within three months after being diagnosed of Ovarian Cancer. An illness they had not heard of before, still the family had to find out it was one of the biggest killers of these days.
This book is a collection of things famous people did for love, including a piece done by Michael! |
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The Things we do for Love
Release Date: October 1993
Blake Publishing - ISBN
1-85782-047-9
All royalties from this book will go to ROC
Original release of "Actually, it's Love". Please note this book does NOT include an article done by MIchael! |
Books on Musicals
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The Complete Aspects of Love
Release Date: 01/04/1990
Viking ISBN
0670831921
Lavishly illustrated hard cover book about the development of getting Aspects of Love on stage. Includes many inside stories. Now unfortunately out of print and hard to get. The original book included a poster of the show. If you are lucky, you might be able to get your hands on one!
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Les Misérables - History in the Making
Release Date: 1996 Arcade Publishing ISBN
1-55970-370-9
(first release under title The Complete Book of Les Misérables, ISBN 1-55970-156-0)
As the title points out, this book covers the story of Les Misérables, from the story of the famous novel to the very beginnings of creating the musical, getting it on stage and conquering the world!
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Hey, Mr. Producer - The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh
Release Date: 01/11/1998
Watson-Guptill Publications ISBN
0823088162
This book is mainly a lavishly illustrated biography about Sir Cameron Mackintosh, written by famous theater critic Sheridan Morley and Ruth Leon. Whilst not including tons of mentions of Michael, it's surely a must-have for all Musical Theater fans, as it covers all the musicals Mackintosh has ever produced! |
Original Novels
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
written by Ian Fleming
Release Date: 1964
Puffin Books ISBN
0141313579
Ever seen a car that can fly? Swim? Think for itself? Well, neither have the Pott family - until the magical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang comes into their lives. But dangerous times lie ahead. And when the Pott family comes up against Joe the Monster and his hideous henchmen they desparately need help. That's where Chitty comes in!
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang we love you |
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Passion
written by Igino U. Tarchetti
Release Date: 1996 Mercury Books ISBN 1-56279-064-1
Passion tells of a love triangle involving Giorgio, an offiver in the Italian army; Clara, a robust young married woman with a child; and the grotesque, vampire-like Fosca, who embodies the romantic macabre. The relationships, one involving adultery and the other flouting of social conventions, are treated with warped extremity, at once serious and ironic.
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Aspects of Love
written by David Garnett
Release Date: 1955
Vintage Classics ISBN 0-099-28342-5
About David Garnett:
"... when Angelica was born, he admired her day-old beauty and idly wrote to Strachey: 'I think of marrying it. When she is 20, I shall be 46 - will it be scandalous?'"
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The Phantom of the Opera
written by Gaston Leroux
Release Date: 1911
Harper Collins Publishers ISBN
0060809248
" ... And he sent every one away, except Raoul and the maid, who looked at Raoul with eyes of the most undisguised astonishment. She had never seen him before and yet dared not question him; and the doctor imagined that the young man was only acting as he did because he had the right to. The viscount, therefore, remained in the room watching Christine as she slowly returned to life... " |
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Les Misérables
written by Victor Hugo
Release Date: 1862
Penguin Books ISBN
0140622918
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Out of extreme poverty Jean Valjean steals a loaf of bread and then spends many years trying to escape his reputation as a criminal. In later years he rises socially and is a respectable member of society; but policeman Javert will not allow him to forget his past and is determined to expose him. |
Vocal Scores
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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Music and Lyrics by Richard and Robert Sherman Release Date: 1991
Warner Bros Publications
ISBN
076920242X
Words and music of Toot Sweets, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hushabye Mountain, Lovely, lonely Man, The Roses of Success, You Two, Truly Scrumptious, Chu-Chi Face, Doll on a Music Box, Me Ol' Bamboo, Posh! |
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Passio Vocal Score Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Release Date: 01/09/1997 Warner Bros Publications ISBN
1559360887
Complete lyrics of the Broadway version of Passion!
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Aspects of Love Vocal Score
Release Date: 01/11/1990
Hal Leonard Publishing Collaboration ISBN
0881888907 |
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The Phantom of the Opera Vocal Score
Release Date:January 1988 Hal Leonard Publishing Collaboration ISBN
0881886157 |
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Les Misérables Vocal Score
written by Claude Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil
Release Date: April 1991
Hal Leonard Publishing Collaboration ISBN
0881885770 |
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PIrates of Penzance Vocal Score
written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert
Release Date: 01/09/2001
Dover Publications ISBN
0486418936 |
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Godspell Vocal Score
written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert
Release Date: 01/09/2001
Dover Publications ISBN 0486418936 |
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