Staging Fairyland: Folklore, Children's Entertainment, and Nineteenth-Century Pantomime

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.

• | Author: Jennifer Schacker
• | Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• | Publication Date: Dec 17, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780814345900
• | ISBN-10: 0814345905