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British Pantomime Performance
Language: en
Pages: 212
Authors: Millie Taylor
Categories: Chrismas plays
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Intellect (UK)

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"This original anlaysis of contemporary British pantomime addresses the question of how pantomime creates a unique interactive relationship with, and potentiall
Harlequin Britain
Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: John O'Brien
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-07-28 - Publisher: JHU Press

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In the fall of 1723, two London theaters staged, almost simultaneously, pantomime performances of the Faust story. Unlike traditional five-act plays, pantomime�
Staging Fairyland
Language: en
Pages: 306
Authors: Jennifer Schacker
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-12-17 - Publisher: Wayne State University Press

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In nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as "pantomime" was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a signifi
Popular Performance
Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Adam Ainsworth
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-04-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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There is no fourth wall in popular performance. The show is firmly rooted in the here and now, and the performers address the audience directly, while the audie
The Routledge Pantomime Reader
Language: en
Pages: 516
Authors: Jennifer Schacker
Categories: Drama
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-08-30 - Publisher: Routledge

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The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre—one of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Br