Victorian Pantomime [electronic resource] : A Collection of Critical Essays /
Davis, J.editor.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The golden age of pantomime. The mid-Victorian period -- pt. 2. Pantomime, representation and ideology. -- pt. 3. Provincial pantomime. -- pt. 4. The legacy of Victorian pantomime.
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.
Theater—History.
Environment.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—19th century.
Theater.
Performing arts.
Theatre History.
Environment, general.
British and Irish Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Theatre and Performance Studies.
Performing Arts.