Theatrical and Circus Life


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Victorian Pantomime


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Featuring contributions by new and established nineteenth-century theatre scholars, this collection of critical essays is the first of its kind devoted solely to Victorian pantomime. It takes us through the various manifestations of British pantomime in the Victorian period and its ambivalent relationship with Victorian values.







Fashion in the Fairy Tale Tradition


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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.




Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama


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Reproduction of the original: Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama by E. Cobham Brewer




Letters


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The Story of Pantomime


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Encyclopedia of Pantomime


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The Magic Casement - An Anthology of Fairy Poetry


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Originally published in 1908, this is, 'A Book of Faery Poems Giving Glimpses of the World Beyond the Casement'. The book contains nearly 400 pages of fairy poems, some well-known, some previously unseen, all by great writers of their time. The book is illustrated throughout by delightful pen and ink drawings. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Contents Include: The Fairy Life - Witches' Cauldrons and Blasted Heaths - Come Unto These Yellow Sands - Flower-Fairies - Enchanted Woods - Airy Mountain and Rushy Glen - The Fairy Voyager - Last Echoes