Photograph - Jane Morris seated
Jane Morris seated, leaning forward
photograph by John Robert Parsons
Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
by William Holman Hunt
oli on canvas, 1853
William Morris
William Morris

The Project

Putting musical theatre on the stage is a difficult and complicated business, especially in the UK, where there is little support for the creation of this form of theatre. Being writers is not enough. In the words of Stephen Sondheim from his musical Sunday in the Park with George:

Putting it together, peice by piece, only way to make a work of art. Every moment makes a contribution, every little detail plays a part. Having just the vision’s no solution, everything depends on execution. Putting it together, that’s what counts…