Overview

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.

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Author:   J. Davis
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780230221598

ISBN 10:   0230221599
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   11 August 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Victorian Pantomime; J.Davis PART I: THE GOLDEN AGE OF PANTOMIME: THE MID-VICTORIAN PERIOD E. L. Blanchard and 'The Golden Age of Pantomime'; J.Richards 'Arcadias of Pantomime': Ruskin, Pantomime, and the Illustrated London News;  S.A.Weltman Lewis Carroll, E.L. Blanchard and Frank W. Green; R.Foulkes Harlequin Encore: Sixty Years of the Britannia Pantomime; J.Norwood PART II: PANTOMIME, REPRESENTATION AND IDEOLOGY Pantomime and the Experienced Young Fellow; J.Bratton 'Only an Undisciplined (Nation) would have done it': Drury Lane Pantomime in the Late Nineteenth Century; J.Davis Dan Leno: Dame of Drury Lane; C.Radcliffe PART III: PROVINCIAL PANTOMIME Mapping the Place of Pantomime in a Victorian Town; J.Robinson 'Local and Political Hits': Allusion and Collusion in the Local Pantomime; J.Sullivan 'Holding up the Mirror': Readership and Authorship in the Era's Pantomime Reviews from the 1870s; A.Featherstone PART IV: THE LEGACY OF VICTORIAN PANTOMIME Continuity and Transformation in Twentieth Century Pantomime; M.Taylor Victorian Pantomime on Film; D.Mayer Selected Bibliography Index

Reviews

'Not only of interest to theatre historians, [Victorian Pantomime] will also prove useful to students and scholars in the disciplines of Victorian studies, cultural studies, and popular entertainment.' - Simon Sladen, New Theatre Quarterly

'Masculinity, Crime and Self-Defence in Victorian Literature is the newest addition to the Palgrave Macmillan 'Crime Files' series. While it might be expected that crime and self-defence would be linked, this given is not usually - or perhaps has not previously been - critically studied in depth. Emelyne Godfrey's book innovatively addresses this lack. Godfrey contextualises self-defence in terms of print culture, history, politics, laws, cultural attitudes and responses to crime and violence, fashion history and gender relations (specifically focusing on contrasting visions of masculinity). These investigations are illustrated with interesting pictures and figures... This informative book is thoroughly recommended for anyone who has interest in gender studies, Victorian fiction and crime fiction.' - Routledge ABES June 2011

Not only of interest to theatre historians, [ Victorian Pantomime ] will also prove useful to students and scholars in the disciplines of Victorian studies, cultural studies, and popular entertainment.' - Simon Sladen, New Theatre Quarterly

Author Information

JACKY BRATTON Professor of Theatre and Cultural History, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK ANN FEATHERSTONE Performance Historian in the Department of Drama, University of Manchester, UK RICHARD FOULKES Emeritus Professor of Theatre History, University of Leicester, UK DAVID MAYER Emeritus Professor of Drama and Research Professor, University of Manchester, UK JANICE NORWOOD Lecturer in English Literature, University of Hertfordshire, UK CAROLINE RADCLIFFE Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Arts, University of Birmingham, UK JEFFREY RICHARDS Professor of Cultural History, Lancaster University, UK JO ROBINSON Head of Drama in the School of English Studies, University of Nottingham, UK JILL A. SULLIVAN Honorary Fellow, University of Exeter, UK MILLIE TAYLOR University of Winchester, UK SHARON ARONOFSKY WELTMAN Professor of English and Director of English Graduate Studies, Louisiana State University, USA

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