Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Tempest Musical


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The result was   redirect to The Tempest. (non-admin closure) Armbrust The Homunculus 01:53, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

The Tempest Musical

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No sources for over five years. A Google search reveals very little beyond the one production run. No academic sources that I know of mention it. Simply does not meet Notability. Bertaut (talk) 01:46, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
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 * Comment. I haven't yet had a chance to search as thoroughly as I'd like; so far I've found just some minor mentions: ;;& (same content, different publications). --Arxiloxos (talk) 20:09, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Thomas Meehan (writer). I really can't find anything out there to show that this musical is notable enough to merit its own entry. I've found some very brief mentions about it, but nothing that's truly indepth. Considering that someone was accusing the musical of being plagiarized, you'd have thought there would be more coverage of it. In any case since Meehan came up with the concept we could include a 1-2 sentence mention in his article and just redirect there. If anyone can find anything substantial I'm willing to be swayed, but I can't really find much in any reliable sources. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   05:08, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Sounds like a good idea to me. I had a look around as well and couldn't find anything of note. Checked JSTOR and asked several colleagues in the English Department where I work if they'd ever heard of it. None of them had. And as you say, there's virtually nothing in reliable sources. Bertaut (talk) 16:24, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure about the redirect target. There are other Tempest musicals that are likely as notable (or non-notable) as this one was, notably and recently a 2013 Public Theater production in Central Park, as well as the Tempest Toss'd production that Neiden worked on before moving to this, as mentioned in our article . And then there is a school of thought that The Tempest itself is actually (or at least was intended to be) a musical.  (Plus, although Meehan is credited with the concep, he didn't actually write the book or the songs; the only bio to be found at the official website is Neiden's ). I suggest instead that the redirect go to The Tempest, where we can add appropriate mentions of the various productions. --Arxiloxos (talk) 18:25, 26 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that does sound like a better idea alright. I'm familiar with the theory that The Tempest may originally have been intended to be a musical. It's a fascinating argument, and I've seen some really persuasive hypotheses thrown into the ring. Bertaut (talk) 01:22, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Redirect to The_Tempest due to lack of sources and notability. XXSNUGGUMSXX (talk) 02:25, 27 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'm changing my "vote". Arxiloxos brings up a good point: this should redirect to Tempest, The_Tempest, or something similar, as this is such a general search term that people might be looking for something other than this particular musical. He's right- there is discussion in the main article about the music in the play and that it might have been intended to be a musical. I've added a mention of this musical on the disambiguation page, so it is listed on here somewhere. It just isn't notable enough for an article at this point in time. Tokyogirl79 (｡◕‿◕｡)   09:38, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Okay, I'll vote for the same; redirect to The_Tempest. Bertaut (talk) 20:28, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
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