Jekyll & Hyde

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Jekyll & Hyde is a musical thriller, based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, that explores the duality of human nature through the tragic transformation of Dr. Henry Jekyll into the violent Edward Hyde.

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Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001 video) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf musical thriller
stage musical
adaptationOf Gothic novella
alterEgoName Edward Hyde
basedOn Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
basedOnWorkBy Robert Louis Stevenson
bookBy Frank Wildhorn
Leslie Bricusse
Steve Cuden NERFINISHED
broadwayOpeningDate 1997-04-28
broadwayRunType Broadway production
broadwayTheatre Plymouth Theatre
character Emma Carew
Gabriel John Utterson
Lucy Harris
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
genre horror
romantic musical
thriller
hasFilmRecording Jekyll & Hyde self-linksurface differs
surface form: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001 video)
language English
lyricsBy Leslie Bricusse
mainCharacter Dr. Henry Jekyll
Edward Hyde
musicBy Frank Wildhorn
notableSong A New Life
Confrontation
In His Eyes
Someone Like You
This Is the Moment
premiereDate 1990-05-24
premiereLocation Houston Center for the Arts
surface form: Alley Theatre, Houston
protagonistFullName Dr. Henry Jekyll
protagonistOccupation doctor
setting Victorian London
subject duality of human nature
good and evil
split personality
theme consequences of scientific experimentation
moral ambiguity
tragic transformation

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this entity surface form: Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical (2001 video)
Martin Beck Theatre notableProduction Jekyll & Hyde