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A review by nicoleoftheisland
My Love, My Love, Or, the Peasant Girl by Rosa Guy
4.0
I picked this up because of Once on this Island and it must be said that Lynn Ahrens is an author's lyricist; she frequently uses verbatim text and though I don't know which of the pair picks sources, they have a real gift for finding books that are already musical both literally (songs are sung, dances are danced in the book itself) and more figuratively: you can feel what moments will be musicalised.
This is lovely little fairy tale, The Little Mermaid but with a central character that is more a person than the trope of the Andersen original, with a wonderful undertone of religiosity that lends a bit of magic to the proceedings. The ending is dark, which the musical tries to give an uplifting tone, but the realism here is unsettling and intriguing.
This is lovely little fairy tale, The Little Mermaid but with a central character that is more a person than the trope of the Andersen original, with a wonderful undertone of religiosity that lends a bit of magic to the proceedings. The ending is dark, which the musical tries to give an uplifting tone, but the realism here is unsettling and intriguing.