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    The Girl I Left Behind Me

    By Jessica Walker and Neil Bartlett

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    ‘... I’m sure I’m not the only one who’s thinking; hang on a minute; “I seem to have the knack of pleasing ladies.” In trousers? With short hair? In public? Was that allowed? Indeed it was.’


    A cool and contemporary look at one of the most intriguing aspects of musical theatre – just what is it that makes a woman in trousers so appealing? Accompanied by a piano, mezzo-soprano Jessica Walker dons a few well-chosen items of male attire, giving a supremely well-sung performance that conjures up an entire world, from the swaggering cross-dressers of the Victorian Music Hall to the ambiguous boy-heroes of Mozart and Strauss, to the back-room bulldykes of the Harlem Renaissance. Commissioned and produced by Opera North Projects with the Southbank Centre touring partner Welcome to Yorkshire. The Girl I Left Behind Me is a provocative, flirtatious, personal one woman-guide which deliciously recalls a forgotten chapter of female performance.
    The Girl I Left Behind Me was performed at The Barbican Centre in November 2011 as part of the Bite Season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOberon Books
    Release dateNov 22, 2011
    ISBN9781849435130
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    The Girl I Left Behind Me
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    Jessica Walker

    My name is Jessica Walker.  I have dreamed of being an author since I was a little girl.  I love to read books and I love to tell the stories that take people on adventures.

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