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100	1		_aRichards, Jeffrey, _eauthor. _919512
245	1	4	_aThe golden age of pantomime : _bslapstick, spectacle and subversion in Victorian England / _cJeffrey Richards.
264		1	_aLondon : _bMethuen Drama, _c2020.
264		4	_c©2015.
300			_axiii, 438 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aDrama & performance studies.
500			_aFirst published in 2015 by I.B. Tauris.
501			_aP.B
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aOf 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. 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.
650		0	_aPantomime (Christmas entertainment) _zGreat Britain _xHistory _y19th century _919513
650		7	_aPantomime (Christmas entertainment) _918351
651		7	_aGreat Britain.
655		7	_aHistory.
830		0	_aDrama & performance studies (London, England) _919514
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