It has been musically treated by Handel and Mendelssohn.
He was very close to his mother, who encouraged him musically.
This promises to be visually spectacular, musically infectious and darkly comic.
It all started 12 years ago when Griff arrived in Plymouth and met up with musically like-minded Pete via the Uni's Entertainments Officer.
Musically speaking it's a 20's/30's musical comedy pastiche.