Chess - Paperback

by Richard Nelson (Author), Tim Rice (Author)

Book by Richard Nelson. Lyrics by Tim Rice. Music by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson

Musical / 9m 2f 1f child plus ensemble / Scenery: Var. sets.

The collaborators on Chess are giants of rock music and rock musicals and they have created a complex rock opera that played to full Broadway houses and standing ovations. Here the ancient game becomes a metaphor for romantic rivalries competitive gamesmanship super power politics and international intrigues. The pawns in this drama form a