The Extravaganzas Of J R Planché Esq Vol 4

Author : T. F. Dillon Croker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
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Release : 2018-02-27
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The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planché, Esq., Vol. 4 by T. F. Dillon Croker Pdf

Excerpt from The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planché, Esq., Vol. 4: Somerset Herald 1825-1871 Latter it presented the finest opportunities. I need not say that they were made the most of by Mr. Beverley, and one of the results was little anticipated at the moment. N 0 special tableau for the termination of the piece being sug' gested in the story, it was left to that gentleman's taste and ingenuity to design one, and the novel yet exceedingly simple falling of the leaves of a palm tree, discovering six fairies supporting a coronet of jewels, produced such an efl'ect as I scarcely remember having witnessed on any similar occasion up to that period. But, alas! Valuable to the management and the author as I fully admit it proved on that occasion, it has been the cause of serious injury to the Drama subsequently. Year after year Mr. Beverley's powers were taxed to outdo his former out-doings. The epidemic spread in all directions. The last scene became the firsz in the estimation of the management of every theatre, where harlequinades were indispensable at Christmas. The ingenious method was hit upon of dove-tailing extravaganza and pantomime. A long burlesque, the characters in which have nothing to do with the harlequinade, terminates with one of those elaborate and gorgeous displays which have acquired the name of Transformation Scenes. Lejy are the objects of attraction, all the rest is inexplicable dumb show and noise. I have com mented on this fatal folly to a considerable length in my Recollections. I shall, therefore, only observe here, in support of my assertion, that it has seriously injured the true interests of the Drama; that managers, blindly relying on these costly displays for the pecuniary success of their pieces, are perfectly indifferent to the character of the dramas which precede them while, on the other hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : James Robinson Planch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
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Release : 1879
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ISBN : UIUC:30112002964424

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The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planche, Esq, 1825-1871 by James Robinson Planch Pdf

Author : James Robinson Planché
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
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Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:300022471

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The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planché, Esq., (Somerset Herald) 1825-1871 by James Robinson Planché Pdf

Author : Peter Swallow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 298 pages
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Release : 2023-08-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780192694911

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Aristophanes in Britain by Peter Swallow Pdf

In this lively and wide-ranging study, Peter Swallow explores the reception of Aristophanes in Britain throughout the long-nineteenth century, setting it in the broader context of Victorian Classicism and, more specifically, the period's reception of Greek tragedy. Swallow shows the surprising extent to which Aristophanes was repurposed across an array of mediums in Victorian Britain, and demonstrates that Aristophanic reception in the period was always a process of speaking to contemporary issues—making Old Comedy new. The book examines two strands of Aristophanic reception: the political and the aesthetic. From the start of the long-nineteenth century, the British reception of Aristophanes tied into contemporary political debate, as historians, translators and commentators, and even the burlesque writer J.R. Planché activated Aristophanes in support of their own political positions. But each writer's conceptualisation of Aristophanes was as different as their political outlooks. While many writers who appropriated Aristophanes for their cause were Tories, a notable outlier is Percy Shelley, whose Aristophanic drama Swellfoot the Tyrant activated Old Comedy to argue for democratic republicanism—what we would now call a left-wing political revolution. The second strand of Aristophanic reception, which developed from around the middle of the nineteenth century, actively depoliticised Old Comedy and instead received it through an aesthetic lens. The aesthetics of Aristophanes—with an emphasis on the beautiful and the archaeological—also lay behind school and university productions of Old Comedy during this period. These strands of nineteenth-century Aristophanic reception find synthesis towards the book's conclusion. Edwardian women's receptions of Aristophanes show how activists used his plays to argue for equal educational opportunities and the right to vote. In the final chapter, Gilbert Murray and George Bernard Shaw's receptions reveal both the political and artistic potential of Aristophanes.

Author : Erkki Huhtamo
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 461 pages
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Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780262547543

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Illusions in Motion by Erkki Huhtamo Pdf

Tracing the cultural, material, and discursive history of an early manifestation of media culture in the making. Beginning in the late eighteenth century, huge circular panoramas presented their audiences with resplendent representations that ranged from historic battles to exotic locations. Such panoramas were immersive but static. There were other panoramas that moved—hundreds, and probably thousands of them. Their history has been largely forgotten. In Illusions in Motion, Erkki Huhtamo excavates this neglected early manifestation of media culture in the making. The moving panorama was a long painting that unscrolled behind a “window” by means of a mechanical cranking system, accompanied by a lecture, music, and sometimes sound and light effects. Showmen exhibited such panoramas in venues that ranged from opera houses to church halls, creating a market for mediated realities in both city and country. In the first history of this phenomenon, Huhtamo analyzes the moving panorama in all its complexity, investigating its relationship to other media and its role in the culture of its time. In his telling, the panorama becomes a window for observing media in operation. Huhtamo explores such topics as cultural forms that anticipated the moving panorama; theatrical panoramas; the diorama; the "panoramania" of the 1850s and the career of Albert Smith, the most successful showman of that era; competition with magic lantern shows; the final flowering of the panorama in the late nineteenth century; and the panorama's afterlife as a topos, traced through its evocation in literature, journalism, science, philosophy, and propaganda.

Author : Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
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Release : 2018-06-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783319911014

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Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition by Rebecca-Anne C. Do Rozario Pdf

This book is a journey through the fairy-tale wardrobe, explaining how the mercurial nature of fashion has shaped and transformed the Western fairy-tale tradition. Many of fairy tale’s most iconic images are items of dress: the glass slippers, the red capes, the gowns shining like the sun, and the red shoes. The material cultures from which these items have been conjured reveal the histories of patronage, political intrigue, class privilege, and sexual politics behind the most famous fairy tales. The book not only reveals the sartorial truths behind Cinderella’s lost slippers, but reveals the networks of female power woven into fairy tale itself.

Author : Jennifer Schacker,Daniel O'Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 516 pages
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Release : 2021-08-30
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781000401226

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The Routledge Pantomime Reader by Jennifer Schacker,Daniel O'Quinn Pdf

The Routledge Pantomime Reader is the first anthology to document this entertainment genre—one of the most distinctive and ubiquitous in nineteenth-century Britain. Across ten different shows, readers witness pantomime’s development from a highly improvisational venue for clowning, dance, and musical parody to a complex amalgamation of physical and topical comedy, stage wizardry, scenic spectacle, satire, and magical mayhem. Combining well-known tales such as "Cinderella", "Aladdin", and "Jack and the Beanstalk" with the lesser-known plotlines of "Peter Wilkins" and "The Prince of Happy Land", the book demonstrates not only how popular narratives were adapted to the current moment, but also how this blend of high and low entertainment addressed a whole range of social and cultural anxieties. Along with carefully annotated scripts, readers will find detailed introductions to all of the collected pantomimes and supplementary materials such as reviews, reminiscences, and a host of visual materials that bring these neglected entertainments to life. The plays collected here provide a remarkable perspective on the history of sexuality, class, and race during a period of vast imperial expansion and important social upheaval in Britain itself—essential reading for students and scholars of theatre history and popular performance.

Author : Patricia T. O'Conner,Stewart Kellerman
Publisher : Random House
Page : 289 pages
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Release : 2009-05-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781588368560

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Origins of the Specious by Patricia T. O'Conner,Stewart Kellerman Pdf

Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you think British spellings are more “civilised” than the American versions? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you’re myth-informed. In Origins of the Specious, word mavens Patricia T. O’Conner and Stewart Kellerman reveal why some of grammar’s best-known “rules” aren’t—and never were—rules at all. This playfully witty, rigorously researched book sets the record straight about bogus word origins, politically correct fictions, phony français, fake acronyms, and more. Here are some shockers: “They” was once commonly used for both singular and plural, much the way “you” is today. And an eighteenth-century female grammarian, of all people, is largely responsible for the all-purpose “he.” From the Queen’s English to street slang, this eye-opening romp will be the toast of grammarphiles and the salvation of grammarphobes. Take our word for it.

Author : J. R. (James Robinson) 1796-1 Planche,T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis DIL Croker,Stephen 1835-1887 Tucker, Joint Ed
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 394 pages
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Release : 2016-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1362060461

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EXTRAVAGANZAS OF J R PLANCHE E by J. R. (James Robinson) 1796-1 Planche,T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis DIL Croker,Stephen 1835-1887 Tucker, Joint Ed Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jeffrey Richards
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 456 pages
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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 : J. R. (James Robinson) 1796-1 Planche,Stephen 1835-1887 Tucker,T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis DIL Croker
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1363815261

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EXTRAVAGANZAS OF JR PLANCHE ES by J. R. (James Robinson) 1796-1 Planche,Stephen 1835-1887 Tucker,T. F. Dillon (Thomas Francis DIL Croker Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Christy Desmet,Janice Norwood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 357 pages
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Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040128909

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part IV, Volume 2 by Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Christy Desmet,Janice Norwood Pdf

Features three female actors who were significant in their development of new and innovative ways of performing Shakespeare.

Author : Stephen Tucker,J. R. 1796-1880 Planche,T. F. Dillon 1831-1912 Croker
Publisher : Palala Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 134676395X

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The Extravaganzas of J. R. Planche, Esq., (Somerset Herald) 1825-1871 Volume 4 by Stephen Tucker,J. R. 1796-1880 Planche,T. F. Dillon 1831-1912 Croker Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Tracy C. Davis,Ellen Donkin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1999-05-27
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521659825

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Women and Playwriting in Nineteenth-Century Britain by Tracy C. Davis,Ellen Donkin Pdf

This collection of essays recovers the names and careers of nineteenth-century women playwrights.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 818 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433075797310

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Monthly Bulletin by Anonim Pdf