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“The audience was respectable as well as numerous, and the evening passed off without the slightest disturbance. It was composed of the class who could afford to be wise as well as merry.” — the 1849 Illustrated London News
The History of Pantomime
- The Development of Pantomime, 1692-1761
- Victorian Pantomime
- Joseph Grimaldi, satire, and pantomime
- Dickens's The Christmas Books, Plays, and the Pantomime
Individual pantomimes
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- Scene from “Moon Queen and King Night,” at the Surrey Theatre. — Arrival of the Baron***
- Scene from the Christmas pantomime of “Yankee Doodle on his little pony,” at Astley’s***
- Scene from the pantomine of “Harlequin and Good Queen Bess," at Drury-lane Theatre***
- Scene from the pantomine of “King James; or the Harlequin and the Magic Fiddle”
- Scene from the Children's Pantomime at the Adelphi (Goody Two-Shoes)
Individual Extravaganzas
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- “The Ninth Statue; or, the Jewels and the Gem,” at the Haymarket Theatre***
- “A crowning triumph in the art of burlesque” – “The Island of Jewels,” at the Lyceum Theatre ***
Victorian Commentary
- W. S. Gilbert, "Getting up a Pantomime "
- Returning from the day performance of the pantomime (1866)
- Alfred Crowquill's Limericks for Eight London Pantomimes, Christmas (11 images, 1842)
- Contemporary illustrations of Victorian pantomime (12 images, 1845)
- Preparations for a Pantomime (1866)
Allusions to Victorian pantomime in contemporary literature
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Last modified 3 July 2017