• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Harlequin in His Element : The English Pantomime, 1806–1836
  • Contributor: Mayer III, David [Author]
  • imprint: s.l.: Harvard University Press, 1969
    1969
  • Extent: Online-Ressource (XVII, 400 S.)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.4159/harvard.9780674429871
  • ISBN: 9780674429871
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  • Keywords: Pantomime ; Harlequin (Fictitious character) ; Theater, Tanz ; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
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  • Description: Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Illustrations -- I. Harlequin Everywhere -- II. The Structures of Pantomime, 1806-1836 -- III. Theatrical Borrowings, Theatrical Satire -- IV. The Pantomime Scene -- V. Fashions and Foibles -- VI. Aspects of the Economy -- VII. Censorship and Political Expression -- VIII. War and Empire -- IX. Harlequin Out of Place -- Appendixes -- Note on Pantomime Sources. Pantomimes Cited. Notes. Index of Pantomimes and Other Entertainments. General Index -- Note on Pantomime Sources -- Pantomimes Cited -- Notes -- Index of Pantomimes and Other Entertainments -- General Index