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Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Richards is Professor of Cultural History, Lancaster University. His many publications on theatre history include Sir Henry Irving: A Victorian Actor and His World and John Ruskin and the Victorian Theatre. He is General Editor of Tauris' Cinema and Society Series. He lives in Lancaster, Lancashire. Klappentext The first full popular history of pantomime through its Victorian golden age. Richards explores the spectacle, the slapstick and the talent for subversion that characterised this least analysed of theatrical forms. Vorwort The English Pantomime is one of the most popular, least analysed of all theatrical forms. It's been the festive mainstay of the English stage since the eighteenth century, and it has survived by its ability to evolve. Zusammenfassung The English Pantomime is one of the most popular, least analysed of all theatrical forms. It's been the festive mainstay of the English stage since the eighteenth century, and it has survived by its ability to evolve. Inhaltsverzeichnis IntroductionIllustrations1 Transformations2 Harlequinade3 Fairyland4 James Robinson Planche and the Classical Extravaganza6 William Roxby Beverley and the Triumph of Scene-Painting7 The Drury Lane Pantomime: the Creators8 E.L. Blanchard and the Drury Lane Pantomimes: the Smith Management9 E.L. Blanchard and the Drury Lane Pantomimes: the Chatterton Management10 Sir Augustus Harris and the Battle for Pantomime
