MARC record from Internet Archive

LEADER: 02159cam a2200349 i 4500
001 11216980
005 20150324214438.0
008 140317s2015 enk b 001 0 eng d
020 $a9781780762937$qhardback
020 $a1780762933$qhardback
024 $a40024481561
035 $a(OCoLC)896584157
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn896584157
035 $a(NNC)11216980
040 $aERASA$beng$erda$cERASA$dOCLCQ$dBDX$dUKMGB$dYDXCP$dNhCcYBP
050 4 $aPN1987.G7$bR53 2015
082 04 $a792.3/8094109034$223
100 1 $aRichards, Jeffrey,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe golden age of pantomime. Slapstick, spectacle and subversion in Victorian England /$cJeffrey Richards.
264 1 $aLondon :$bI.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd,$c2015.
300 $axiii, 438 pages ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
520 8 $aIn Victorian England, everyone went to the pantomime, from Queen Victoria and her family to the humblest of her subjects. The English Pantomime is one of the most popular, least examined 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. This continual evolution is traced by Jeffrey Richards in the first history of panto through its 'Golden Age' in Victorian England. He explores the spectacle, the slapstick, and the talent for subversion that nineteenth-century pantomime had - and still has today. He shows the panto, with its remarkable actors, managers, producers and punters across the country from Drury Lane to Blackpool, to be a remarkable cultural barometer of its times. This is a treat as rich as turkey and Christmas pudding.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aPantomime$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPantomime (Christmas entertainment)$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aPerforming arts$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aTheater$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
610 20 $aTheatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England)
852 00 $bglx$hPN1987.G7$iR53 2015