CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Swan Esther

musical

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 11, 2023
Entity authorityQ7653439 ↗
Source-derived summary

Swan Esther is a musical based on the Book of Esther.

It was written in 1982 by Jack Edward Oliver (words) and Nick Munns (music).

A professional production was staged by the Young Vic in January 1984. Swan Esther has also been performed by a number of amateur companies.

The original soundtrack was published on CD in May 2014 on the Stage Door record label.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Swan Esther” as musical. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Swan, Esther and musical.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982, 1984, 2014—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Swan, Esther and musical providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Swan Esther”, the useful work is to connect “musical” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 11, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q7653439. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1982, 1984 and 2014.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Swan Esther”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Swan Esther primary sources, Swan Esther archive and Swan research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Swan Esther”?
  2. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Swan Esther” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.