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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Harlequin Britain: Pantomime and Entertainment, 1690-1760

Harlequin Britain: Pantomime and Entertainment, 1690-1760

O'Brien, John

Paperback

Literary CriticismTheater HistoryTechnical Theater

ISBN10: 142141693X
ISBN13: 9781421416939
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
Published: Mar 25 2015
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.95
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

In the fall of 1723, two London theaters staged, almost simultaneously, pantomime performances of the Faust story. Unlike traditional five-act plays, pantomime--a bawdy hybrid of dance, music, spectacle, and commedia dell'arte featuring the familiar figure of the harlequin at its center--was a theatrical experience of unprecedented accessibility. The immediate popularity of this new genre drew theater apprentices to the cities to learn the new style, and pantomime became the subject of lively debate within British society. Alexander Pope and Henry Fielding bitterly opposed the intrusion into legitimate literary culture of what they regarded as fairground amusements that appealed to sensation and passion over reason and judgment.

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