Rebecca (musical) Rebecca (musical) Rebecca is a German-language musical based on the novel of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It was written by Michael Kunze (book and lyrics) and Sylvester Levay (music), the authors of the musicals "Elisabeth", "Mozart!" and "Marie Antoinette". The plot, which adheres closely to the original novel, revolves around wealthy Maxim DeWinter, his naïve new wife, and Mrs. Danvers, the manipulative housekeeper of DeWinter's Cornish estate Manderley. Mrs. Danvers resents the new wife's intrusion and persuades the new wife that she is an unworthy replacement for the first Mrs. DeWinter, the glamorous and mysterious Rebecca, who
The Rose of Tibet is set at the time of the Chinese invasion in 1950. Graham Greene said of the novel: "I hadn’t realised how much I had missed the genuine adventure story until I read "The Rose of Tibet"", while Daphne du Maurier wrote: 'It has all the excitement of "King Solomon's Mines"' Author Barry Gifford considers this book the one he wishes he had written. He has written about it in his collection of essays "The Cavalry Charges" and has called it 'a genuine work of literature. I was immediately charmed by the device Davidson employed to entice the reader into believing