Staging fairyland: folklore, children's entertainment, and nineteenth-century pantomime
Auteur :
Schacker, Jennifer
Éditeur :
Wayne State University Press
ISBN :
9780814345900
Date de publication :
17 déc. 2018
Dimensions :
22,8 x 15,2 x 1,5 cm
Poids :
422 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Examines pantomime and theatricality in nineteenth-century histories of folklore and the fairy tale. In nineteenth-century Britain, the spectacular and highly profitable theatrical form known as “pantomime†was part of a shared cultural repertoire and a significant medium for the transmission of stories, especially fairy tales.