Season 3 · Episode 9
S3E5: Sultan of Broadway
The Colonial Department · The Colonial Department
August 25, 202214m 26s
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Show Notes
<html><p>“The Sultan of Sulu”, a smash hit Broadway play from the early 1900s, had it all: a musical monarch, multiple wives, plenty of laughs, and a sly, anti-imperialist message tucked into the libretto.</p><p>Follow us on IG: <u><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecolonialdept/" target="_blank">@thecolonialdept</a></u></p><p>Email us: <u><a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a></u></p><p>References:</p><p>Mendoza, Victor Roman (2015). <em>Metroimperial Intimacies: Fantasy, Racial-Sexual Governance, and the Philippines in U.S. Imperialism, 1899-1913. </em>Duke University Press.</p><p>Charbonneau, Oliver (2021). <em>Civilizational Imperatives: Americans, Moros, and the Colonial World</em>. Ateneo de Manila University Press.</p><p>Ade, George (1903). <em>The Sultan of Sulu</em>. R.H. Russell. <u><a href="https://archive.org/details/sultansulu00adegrich" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/sultansulu00adegrich</a></u></p><p>“Wasit to Paradise” (30 November, 1936). <em>Time </em><u><a href="https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,757014,00.html" target="_blank">https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,757014,00.html</a></u></p><p>Select audio snippets from the promotions and performance of the Canton Comic Opera Company, uploaded on <u><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/AmericanMusicalProductions" target="_blank">the American Musical Productions YouTube channel.</a></u></p></html>