How To Write A Pantomime

Author : Lesley Cookman
Publisher : Accent Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781907726026

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How to Write a Pantomime by Lesley Cookman Pdf

There are thousands of pantomimes staged throughout the world every year, most of them in Britain. Most groups, whether they be amateur drama societies, schools, Women's Institutes or Village Hall committees are constantly on the lookout for something fresh and original. This is often a matter of economics, as professional pantomimes can be costly in terms of performing rights, let alone the cost of scripts. This book is aimed at those people who take part in this increasingly popular hobby, and at the writer who wishes to write a pantomime, either for a local group, or, indeed, for mass publication.

Author : Lesley Cookman
Publisher : How To Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Pantomime (Christmas entertainment)
ISBN : 1857032497

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Writing a Pantomime by Lesley Cookman Pdf

Author : Joyce Branagh,Keith Orton
Publisher : Crowood Press (UK)
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1847972551

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Creating Pantomime by Joyce Branagh,Keith Orton Pdf

Pantomime is a much-loved institution, but how is it created? What tools and processes are used? Working from purely a title, this practical book explains how a script and a design can develop together through the creative processes to culminate in the wonder and excitement of a unique production on opening night. * Explains how to get started in writing and designing an original pantomime * Uses major professional productions to illustrate established techniques and new innovations * Examines pantomime traditions and scene structure and how these can be utilized in productions today * Describes how staging design can influence the narrative * Looks at how pantomime characters develop through their costume * Explores the tricks and magic essential to pantomime Shows visuals from a range of production from small regional through to large commercial pantomimes AUTHOR: Joyce Branagh has been directing professionally since 1994. Her work ranges from Shakespeare to new plays at theatres throughout the UK and Ireland. She has directed successful pantomimes at Watford Palace Theatre for several years, either developing the script closely with the writer or being the principal writer. Keith Orton has worked as a professional designer since 1991, as well as tutoring at Central School of Speech and Drama. Recently he has specialized in pantomime design working with Joyce Branagh exclusively. He has a particular interest in how design can help and influence the development of new writing. ILLUSTRATIONS: 180 colour photographs *

Author : Clive Barker,Simon Trussler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1997-11-06
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521597285

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New Theatre Quarterly 51: Volume 13, Part 3 by Clive Barker,Simon Trussler Pdf

Provides an international forum where theatrical scholarship and practice can meet to question dramatic assumptions.

Author : Karl Toepfer
Publisher : Vosuri Media
Page : 1320 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781733249737

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Pantomime by Karl Toepfer Pdf

This book offers perhaps the most comprehensive history of pantomime ever written. No other book so thoroughly examines the varieties of pantomimic performance from the early Roman Empire, when the term “pantomime” came into use, until the present. After thoroughly examining the complexities and startlingly imaginative performance strategies of Roman pantomime, the author identifies the peculiar political circumstances that revived and shaped pantomime in France and Austria in the eighteenth century, leading to the Pierrot obsession in the nineteenth century. Modernist aesthetics awakened a huge, highly diverse fascination with pantomime. The book explores an extraordinary variety of modernist and postmodern approaches to pantomime in Germany, Austria, France, numerous countries of Eastern Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Spain, Belgium, The Netherlands, Chile, England, and The United States. Making use of many performance and historical documents never before included in pantomime histories, the book also discusses pantomime’s messy relation to dance, its peculiar uses of music, its “modernization” through silent film aesthetics, and the extent to which writers, performers, or directors are “authors” of pantomimes. Just as importantly, the book explains why, more than any other performance medium, pantomime allows the spectator to see the body as the agent of narrative action.

Author : Paul Harris,Roy Hudd
Publisher : Peter Owen Publishers
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0720611466

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The Pantomime Book by Paul Harris,Roy Hudd Pdf

Comedian and actor Paul Harris has brought together an hilarious collection of theatrical material, much of it originating in Victorian times and refined and updated in many pantomime productions since.

Author : Edith Hall,Rosie Wyles
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 501 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-11-20
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780191552571

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New Directions in Ancient Pantomime by Edith Hall,Rosie Wyles Pdf

This is the first comprehensive and illustrated study of the most important form of theatre in the entire Roman Empire - pantomime, the ancient equivalent of ballet dancing. Performed for more than five centuries in hundreds of theatres from Portugal in the West to the Euphrates, from Gaul to North Africa, solo male dancing stars - the forerunners of Nijinsky, Nureyev, and Baryshnikov - stunned audiences with their erotic costumes, subtlety of gesture, and dazzling athleticism. In sixteen specially commissioned and complementary studies, the leading world specialists explore all aspects of the ancient pantomime dancer's performance skills, popularity, and social impact, while paying special attention to the texts that formed the basis of this distinctive art form.

Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857724724

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The Golden Age of Pantomime by Jeffrey Richards Pdf

Of 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. Everyone went to the pantomime, from Queen Victoria and the royal family to the humblest of her subjects. It appealed equally to West End and East End, to London and the provinces, to both sexes and all ages. 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. The secret of its success, he argues, was its continual evolution. It acted as an accurate cultural barometer of its times, directly reflecting current attitudes, beliefs and preoccupations, and it kept up a flow of instantly recognisable topical allusions to political rows, fashion fads, technological triumphs, wars and revolutions, and society scandals. Richards assesses throughout the contribution of writers, producers, designers and stars to the success of the pantomime in its golden age. This book is a treat as rich and appetizing as turkey, mince pies and plum pudding.

Author : Hedy Law
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Enlightenment
ISBN : 9781783275601

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Music, Pantomime and Freedom in Enlightenment France by Hedy Law Pdf

How did composers and performers use the lost art of pantomime to explore and promote the Enlightenment ideals of free expression?

Author : David Pickering
Publisher : Gale Research International, Limited
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015032815659

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Encyclopedia of Pantomime by David Pickering Pdf

Author : Laura Lam
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781509807765

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Pantomime by Laura Lam Pdf

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Seven Devils 'A fantastical, richly drawn, poignant take on a classic coming-of-age story' – Leigh Bardugo In a land of lost wonders, the past is stirring once more . . . Gene's life resembles a debutante's dream. Yet she hides a secret that would see her shunned by the nobility. Gene is both male and female. Then she displays unwanted magical abilities - last seen in mysterious beings from an almost-forgotten age. Matters escalate further when her parents plan a devastating betrayal, so she flees home, dressed as a boy. The city beyond contains glowing glass relics from a lost civilization. They call to her, but she wants freedom not mysteries. So, reinvented as 'Micah Grey', Gene joins the circus. As an aerialist, she discovers the joy of flight - but the circus has a dark side. She's also plagued by visions foretelling danger. A storm is howling in from the past, but will she heed its roar? 'A lyrical, stunningly written debut novel' – Amy Alward

Author : Enid Blyton
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547109419

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The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat by Enid Blyton Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat" by Enid Blyton. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Jeffrey Cox
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108837613

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William Wordsworth, Second-Generation Romantic by Jeffrey Cox Pdf

Comprehensive reading of 'late' Wordsworth, considering his work in dialogue with the poetic, cultural and political battles of his day.

Author : Charles Aubert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Pantomime
ISBN : UOM:39015010556291

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The Art of Pantomime by Charles Aubert Pdf

Author : Gill Davies
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Amateur theater
ISBN : 0713641207

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Staging a Pantomime by Gill Davies Pdf

Covers every aspect of creating a pantomime, from choosing or writing a script, to the last performance, with special focus on organization and management.