Hybrids were a signigicant part of Victorian carnivals: Mermaids and Jackalopes – cryptozoological creations stitched together from the preserved remains of very different beasts. The air of the Victorian carnival has always pervaded Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of the War of the Worlds, from its florid font to its sense of melodramatic spectacle, so it’s entirely fitting that the latest addition to Jeff Wayne’s canon is something of a hybrid itself. If you go into this expecting a musical extravaganza like the album, you will be disappointed and similarly, if you go into this expecting a straight reading of H.G. … Continue reading Jeff Wayne’s The War of the Worlds – The Musical Drama