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Victorian Pantomime
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Author : J. Davis
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-08-11
Victorian Pantomime written by J. Davis and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-11 with Performing Arts categories.
Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical essays is the first of its kind devoted solely to Victorian pantomime. It takes us through the various manifestations of British pantomime in the Victorian period and its ambivalent relationship with Victorian values.
The Golden Age Of Pantomime
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Author : Jeffrey Richards
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-23
The Golden Age Of Pantomime written by Jeffrey Richards and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-23 with Performing Arts categories.
Of all the theatrical genres most prized by the Victorians, pantomime is the only one to have survived continuously into the twenty-first century. It remains as true today as it was in the 1830s, that a visit to the pantomime constitutes the first theatrical experience of most children and now, as then, a successful pantomime season is the key to the financial health of most theatres. Everyone went to the pantomime, from Queen Victoria and the royal family to the humblest of her subjects. It appealed equally to West End and East End, to London and the provinces, to both sexes and all ages. Many Victorian luminaries were devotees of the pantomime, notably among them John Ruskin, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll and W.E. Gladstone. In this vivid and evocative account of the Victorian pantomime, Jeffrey Richards examines the potent combination of slapstick, spectacle and subversion that ensured the enduring popularity of the form. The secret of its success, he argues, was its continual evolution. It acted as an accurate cultural barometer of its times, directly reflecting current attitudes, beliefs and preoccupations, and it kept up a flow of instantly recognisable topical allusions to political rows, fashion fads, technological triumphs, wars and revolutions, and society scandals. Richards assesses throughout the contribution of writers, producers, designers and stars to the success of the pantomime in its golden age. This book is a treat as rich and appetizing as turkey, mince pies and plum pudding.
The Politics Of The Pantomime
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Author : Jill Alexandra Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Release Date : 2011
The Politics Of The Pantomime written by Jill Alexandra Sullivan and has been published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Performing Arts categories.
Focuses on the variety and independence of pantomime in the provinces, especially Nottingham, Birmingham, and Manchester. Explores official and local censorship and the relationships between local theaters, managers, authors and audiences.
Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp
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Author : Alan Brown
language : en
Publisher: Samuel French
Release Date : 1991
Aladdin And His Wonderful Lamp written by Alan Brown and has been published by Samuel French this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Drama categories.
Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.
The Politics Of The Pantomime
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Author : Jill Alexandra Sullivan
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Hertfordshire Press
Release Date : 2011
The Politics Of The Pantomime written by Jill Alexandra Sullivan and has been published by Univ of Hertfordshire Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Performing Arts categories.
Focuses on the variety and independence of pantomime in the provinces, especially Nottingham, Birmingham, and Manchester. Explores official and local censorship and the relationships between local theaters, managers, authors and audiences.
Staging Fairyland
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Author : Jennifer Schacker
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2018-12-17
Staging Fairyland written by Jennifer Schacker and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
In nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as "pantomime" was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a significant medium for the transmission of stories. Rowdy, comedic, and slightly risqué, pantomime productions were situated in dynamic relationship with various forms of print and material culture. Popular fairy-tale theater also informed the production and reception of folklore research in ways that are often overlooked. In Staging Fairyland: Folklore, Children’s Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime, Jennifer Schacker reclaims the place of theatrical performance in this history, developing a model for the intermedial and cross-disciplinary study of narrative cultures. The case studies that punctuate each chapter move between the realms of print and performance, scholarship and popular culture. Schacker examines pantomime productions of such well-known tales as "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Hood," and "Jack and the Beanstalk," as well as others whose popularity has waned—such as, "Daniel O’Rourke" and "The Yellow Dwarf." These productions resonate with traditions of impersonation, cross-dressing, literary imposture, masquerade, and the social practice of "fancy dress." Schacker also traces the complex histories of Mother Goose and Mother Bunch, who were often cast as the embodiments of both tale-telling and stage magic and who move through various genres of narrative and forms of print culture. These examinations push at the limits of prevailing approaches to the fairy tale across media. They also demonstrate the degree to which perspectives on the fairy tale as children's entertainment often obscure the complex histories and ideological underpinnings of specific tales. Mapping the histories of tales requires a fundamental reconfiguration of our thinking about early folklore study and about "fairy tales": their bearing on questions of genre and ideology but also their signifying possibilities—past, present, and future. Readers interested in folklore, fairy-tale studies, children’s literature, and performance studies will embrace this informative monograph.
Sleeping Beauty
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Author : Alan Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993-09-30
Sleeping Beauty written by Alan Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-09-30 with categories.
Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs- with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.
Dick Whittington
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Author : Alan Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1987
Dick Whittington written by Alan Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with categories.
Alan Brown's pantomimes recreate those of Victorian times, blending traditional elements - including Harlequin interludes and suggestions for period songs - with subtle updatings to suit modern young audiences.
Victorian Transformations
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Author : Bianca Tredennick
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-24
Victorian Transformations written by Bianca Tredennick and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
Proposing the concept of transformation as a key to understanding the Victorian period, this collection explores the protean ways in which the nineteenth century conceived of, responded to, and created change. The volume focuses on literature, particularly issues related to genre, nationalism, and desire. For example, the essays suggest that changes in the novel's form correspond with shifting notions of human nature in Victor Hugo's Notre-Dame de Paris; technical forms such as the villanelle and chant royal are crucial bridges between Victorian and Modernist poetics; Victorian theater moves from privileging the text to valuing the spectacles that characterized much of Victorian staging; Carlyle's Past and Present is a rallying cry for replacing the static and fractured language of the past with a national language deep in shared meaning; Dante Gabriel Rossetti posits unachieved desire as the means of rescuing the subject from the institutional forces that threaten to close down and subsume him; and the return of Adelaide Anne Procter's fallen nun to the convent in "A Legend of Provence" can be read as signaling a more modern definition of gender and sexuality that allows for the possibility of transgressive desire within society. The collection concludes with an essay that shows neo-Victorian authors like John Fowles and A. S. Byatt contending with the Victorian preoccupations with gender and sexuality.
The Babes In The Wood
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Author : Alan Brown
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Babes In The Wood written by Alan Brown and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.