The Routledge Pantomime Reader

The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre-one of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Britain.

Autorentext

Jennifer Schacker is Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Daniel O'Quinn is a Professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph, Canada.

Zusammenfassung
The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genreone of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Britain.

Inhalt

General Introduction; Chapter 1: Three Sadler's Wells Entertainments (1800); Chapter 2: Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper (1804); Chapter 3: Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The Golden Egg (1806); Chapter 4: Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp (1813); Chapter 5: Puss in Boots; An Original Comical, Magical, Mew-sical Fairy Burletta, in One Act (1837); Chapter 6: The Prince of Happy Land; or, The Fawn in the Forest (1851); Chapter 7: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves; or, Harlequin and the Genii of the Arabian Nights (1866); Chapter 8: Robinson Crusoe, or Friday and the Fairies (1868); Chapter 9: Bluebeard; The Old Story Re-Told (1879); Chapter 10: Jack and the Beanstalk (1899); Recommended Readings