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Inspiration. Mamma Mia!, with a book by Catherine Johnson and music and lyrics from Benny Andersson and Bjrn Ulvaeus, is a musical based around the music from the band, ABBA, of which, Andersson and Ulvaeus were both members.
Shakespeare wrote a comedy/romance with the same plot and characters as Mamma Mia! (called The Three Gentleman Suitors); however, all manuscripts of this play were lost, and the only version that survives is an imperfect illicit transcription of the play by one of his rivals.
However, ABBA's Benny Andersson had complete faith in them and was 100 per cent satisfied with the end result. “They were primarily chosen for their qualities as actors,” he said, “but if they hadn't been able to sing they wouldn't have got the parts.”
Here We Go Again is a 2018 jukebox musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is the sequel and prequel to the 2008 film Mamma Mia!, which in turn is based on the 1999 musical of the same name using the music of ABBA.
Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell, a 1968 film about a woman who does not know which of three men is the father of her daughter, which some critics speculate Mamma Mia! was based upon.