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Author : Maurice Willson Disher
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Clowns and Pantomimes written by Maurice Willson Disher and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jonathan Buckmaster
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474406963
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)
Download or read book Dickens's Clowns written by Jonathan Buckmaster and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2019-03-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reappraises Dickens's Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi and his imaginative engagement with its principal protagonist.
Author : Andrew McConnell Stott
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 : 1847677614
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (476 download)
Download or read book The Pantomime Life of Joseph Grimaldi written by Andrew McConnell Stott and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating history of theatre told through the story of Britain's first ever pantomime clown
Author : Maureen Hughes
Publisher : Remember When
ISBN 13 : 1473831571
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (738 download)
Download or read book A History of Pantomime written by Maureen Hughes and published by Remember When. This book was released on 2013-11-14 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each Christmas entire families in the UK troop off to see, what one could almost say is 'the obligatory'. annual entertainment, known as Pantomime. It is a traditional, seasonal way of life for the British envied the world over, and one which only the British seem to understand! Pantomime serves both to entertain and to introduce each new generation to the joys of theatre in the most unique of ways, for this is not a type of theatre one merely watches, but one in which the audience participate often in the most seemingly boisterous and bizarre of ways. The whole experience is steeped in tradition, traditions which only the British seem to understand, which is probably why we are proud to call it a 'British Experience.'In A History of Pantomime Maureen Hughes takes a brief look at the history of Pantomime as well as taking a humorous look at some of the above mentioned traditions; she also gives a synopsis of each of the well-known Pantomimes whilst exploring the eccentric world of the characters who appear in them. There is also a short piece on just some of the most well-known and loved of the actors who each Christmas take on the part of Pantomime Dames across the UK, as well as a look at others who have contributed to this magical world of fun and eccentricity. It is thought by some to be frivolous and pointless piece of theatre, but a browse through this informative book and you will soon find that Pantomime is an art form all of its own, requiring the most dedicated and talented of actors/actresses who are prepared to honour and perpetuate this wonderful tradition as it is passed down from one generation to the next.As seen in The Telegraph and the Sunday Post (Glasgow).
Author : Andrew Halliday
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Comical Fellows: Or, The History and Mystery of the Pantomime: with Some Curiosities and Droll Anecdotes Concerning Clown and Pantaloon, Harlequin and Columbine written by Andrew Halliday and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Heffer & Sons
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Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Catalogue written by W. Heffer & Sons and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jennifer Schacker
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000401227
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Pantomime Reader written by Jennifer Schacker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre—one of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Britain. Across ten different shows, readers witness pantomime’s development from a highly improvisational venue for clowning, dance, and musical parody to a complex amalgamation of physical and topical comedy, stage wizardry, scenic spectacle, satire, and magical mayhem. Combining well-known tales such as "Cinderella", "Aladdin", and "Jack and the Beanstalk" with the lesser-known plotlines of "Peter Wilkins" and "The Prince of Happy Land", the book demonstrates not only how popular narratives were adapted to the current moment, but also how this blend of high and low entertainment addressed a whole range of social and cultural anxieties. Along with carefully annotated scripts, readers will find detailed introductions to all of the collected pantomimes and supplementary materials such as reviews, reminiscences, and a host of visual materials that bring these neglected entertainments to life. The plays collected here provide a remarkable perspective on the history of sexuality, class, and race during a period of vast imperial expansion and important social upheaval in Britain itself—essential reading for students and scholars of theatre history and popular performance.
Author : Karl Toepfer
Publisher : Vosuri Media
ISBN 13 : 1733249737
Total Pages : 1320 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Pantomime written by Karl Toepfer and published by Vosuri Media. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 1320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers perhaps the most comprehensive history of pantomime ever written. No other book so thoroughly examines the varieties of pantomimic performance from the early Roman Empire, when the term “pantomime” came into use, until the present. After thoroughly examining the complexities and startlingly imaginative performance strategies of Roman pantomime, the author identifies the peculiar political circumstances that revived and shaped pantomime in France and Austria in the eighteenth century, leading to the Pierrot obsession in the nineteenth century. Modernist aesthetics awakened a huge, highly diverse fascination with pantomime. The book explores an extraordinary variety of modernist and postmodern approaches to pantomime in Germany, Austria, France, numerous countries of Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Chile, England, and The United States. Making use of many performance and historical documents never before included in pantomime histories, the book also discusses pantomime’s messy relation to dance, its peculiar uses of music, its “modernization” through silent film aesthetics, and the extent to which writers, performers, or directors are “authors” of pantomimes. Just as importantly, the book explains why, more than any other performance medium, pantomime allows the spectator to see the body as the agent of narrative action.
Author : David Robb
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9042023406
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Clowns, Fools and Picaros written by David Robb and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2007 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By its very nature the clown, as represented in art, is an interdisciplinary phenomenon. In whichever artform it appears - fiction, drama, film, photography or fine art - it carries the symbolic association of its usage in popular culture, be it ritual festivities, street theatre or circus. The clown, like its extended family of fools, jesters, picaros and tricksters, has a variety of functions all focussed around its status and image of being "other." Frequently a marginalized figure, it provides the foil for the shortcomings of dominant discourse or the absurdities of human behaviour. Clowns, Fools and Picaros represents the latest research on the clown, bringing together for the first time studies from four continents: Europe, America, Africa and Asia. It attempts to ascertain commonalities, overlaps and differences between artistic expressions of the "clownesque" from these various continents and genres, and above all, to examine the role of the clown in our cultures today. This volume is of interest for scholars of political and comic drama, film and visual art as well as scholars of comparative literature and anthropology.
Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 085772472X
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (577 download)
Download or read book The Golden Age of Pantomime written by Jeffrey Richards and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-23 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Total Pages : 844 pages
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Download or read book The New Statesman written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 894 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts written by and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 894 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Frankie Morris
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
ISBN 13 : 0718847857
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (188 download)
Download or read book Artist of Wonderland written by Frankie Morris and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known today as the illustrator of Lewis Carroll's Alice books, John Tenniel was one of the Victorian era's chief political cartoonists. This extensively illustrated book is the first to draw almost exclusively on primary sources in family collections, public archives, and other depositories. Frankie Morris examines Tenniel's life and work, producing a book that is not only a definitive resource for scholars and collectors but one that can be easily enjoyed by everyone interested in Victorian life and art, social history, journalism and political cartoons, and illustrated books. In the first part of the book, Morris looks at Tenniel the man. From his sunny childhood and early enthusiasm for sports, theatre, and medievalism to his flirtation with high art and his fifty years with the London journal Punch, Tenniel is shown to have been the sociable and urbane humorist revealed in his drawings. Tenniel's countrymen thought his work would embody for future historians the 'trend and character' of Victorian thought and life. Morris assesses to what extent that prediction has been fulfilled. The biography is followed by three sections on Tenniel's work, consisting of thirteen independent essays in which the author examines Tenniel's methods and his earlier book illustrations, the Alice pictures, and the Punch cartoons. For lovers of Alice, Morris offers six chapters on Tenniel's work for Carroll. These reveal demonstrable links with Christmas pantomimes, Punch and Judy shows, nursery toys, magic lanterns, nineteenth-century grotesques, Gothic revivalism, and social caricatures. Morris also demonstrates how Tenniel's cartoons depicted the key political questions of his day, from the Eastern Question to Lincoln and the American Civil War, examining their assumptions, devices, and evolving strategies. The definitive study of both the man and the work, Artist of Wonderland gives an unprecedented view of the cartoonist who mythologized the world for generations of Britons.
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Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Walford's Antiquarian Magazine and Bibliographical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Walford's Antiquarian written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Edward Walford
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Walford's Antiquarian written by Edward Walford and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : L. Peacock
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137438975
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Slapstick and Comic Performance written by L. Peacock and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slapstick comedy has a long and lively history from Greek Theatre to the present day. This book explores the ways in which comic pain and comic violence are performed within slapstick to make the audience laugh. It draws examples from theatre, television and film on both sides of the Atlantic.
