The golden age of pantomime : slapstick, spectacle and subversion in Victorian England /

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 t...

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Glavni autor: Richards, Jeffrey (Autor)
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: London : Methuen Drama, 2020.
Serija:Drama & performance studies (London, England)
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Sažetak: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. 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.
Opis predmeta:First published in 2015 by I.B. Tauris.
Opis fizičkog objekta:xiii, 438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliografija:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1350182362
9780857724724
1780762933
9780857735874
9781350182363
9781780762937