10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PANTOMIME DAME»
Discover the use of
pantomime dame in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pantomime dame and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
British
Pantomime Performance
as a man pretending to be a woman to an audience who sees through the
pretence and shares the joke. This type of performance has become an accepted
part of British pantomime, in which the pantomime dame replaced the clown in
the ...
2
The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
Whatever transitions the principal boy went through, there was never any
question about replacing the pantomime dame with awoman: Nellie Wallace was
the only successfulfemale dame,because herparrotlike appearance was
outlandish ...
3
Style: Language Variation and Identity
Characters, particularly the pantomime Dame or the ugly sisters, are starkly
drawn and heavily stylised. Young love triumphs and royalist grandeur is
subverted. The semiotic constitution of pantomime is bricolage (Hebdige 1979),
intermixing ...
4
Crossing the Stage: Controversies on Cross-Dressing
The joke of the pantomime dame is the tension between the female of the clothes
and the stocky footballer's legs and boots. The drag queen is the other extreme,
really a man on the one hand mocking a woman and at the same time trying to ...
5
Music Hall Mimesis in British Film, 1895-1960: On the Halls ...
Common to commedia dell'arte, music hall, and silent movies as precursors of
the pantomimic in British sound film are the archetypes of the pantomime dame
and the principal boy. In British pantomime, the theatrical form of light musical ...
Paul Matthew St. Pierre, 2009
Once on the bus, Geoffrey, through the makeup of his pantomime dame outfit,
stuck his head over the back of Ben's seat to talk to him. “What's going on,
where's all the totty...I thought there'd be hundreds of young snow bunnies out ...
'Orkup stays,' said the pantomime dame. Which Mike interpreted to mean, would
he walkupstairs? The procession moved upa dark flight of stairs until it cametoa
door. The pantomime dame opened this, and shuffled through. Mike stood in the
...
8
Psmith in the City - From the Manor Wodehouse Collection, a ...
In appearance she resembled a pantomime 'dame', inclining towards the
restrained melancholy of Mr Wilkie Bard rather than the joyous abandon of Mr
George Robey. Her voice she had modelled on the gramophone. Her most
recent ...
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COMPLETE HUMOR ANTHOLOGIES OF P. G. WODEHOUSE - Adventures ...
Those who let furnished apartments seem to take no joy in the act. Like PoohBah,
they do it, but it revoltsthem. In answer to Mike's knock, a femaleperson opened
the door.In appearanceshe resembleda pantomime 'dame', inclining towardsthe
...
10
Living Languages: An Integrated Approach to Teaching Foreign ...
There is always a pantomime dame — usually a very hairy bloke who dresses in
huge padded costumes with gaudy wigs and tacky accessories. The dame is a
dreadful flirt and she chats up all the male characters on stage. There are lots of ...
Catherine Watts, Clare Forder, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PANTOMIME DAME»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pantomime dame is used in the context of the following news items.
Life's no drag for panto king Berwick Kaler
The boy who would grow up to be the highly regarded pantomime dame at York Theatre Royal did not have a gilded start in life. “I was born to a ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
Waiting times for surgery will get much longer, reveals health chief
Actor and comedian John Linehan, who plays Northern Ireland's much loved pantomime dame May McFettridge, told the Belfast Telegraph that ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
Open casting call for young girls to perform in Canterbury's pantomime
... stars Rita Simons (Eastenders), and Phil Gallagher (Mister Maker) join Canterbury regulars Lloyd Hollett, and Pantomime Dame Ben Roddy. «Canterbury Times, Jul 15»
The Lighter side of Life with Kate Mason
... Chloe for putting South Yorkshire on the map for the right reasons and for proving you don't have to act like a pantomime dame to get votes. «Doncaster Today, Jul 15»
Dee Snider Nails His Colours To The Mast In Van Halen Feud …
After attacking Roth for doing a Roger Waters, Snider, who became famous for dressing like a pantomime dame and roaring how “he wasn't ... «The Inquisitr, Jul 15»
Wharfedale Festival of Theatre awards its 2015 amateur theatre …
Not to be outdone, however, were north Leeds-based company S.T.A.R.S., who won Best Director and the John Howell trophy for Best Pantomime Dame for ... «Ilkley Gazette, Jul 15»
David Suchet: 'Actors owe it to their fans to tour'
Then there's the voice. “I had to learn where to put the voice and avoid the pantomime dame. You can't go into falsetto – if you do, you're dead. «The Stage, Jul 15»
First dame in four years for Horsham Capitol's magical pantomime
For the first time in four years, The Capitol in Horsham has a traditional pantomime dame as part of their Christmas production. This year's ... «West Sussex County Times, Jul 15»
Justin Fletcher, king of CBeebies, gets ready to Tumble
... and Nana Knickerbocker, the pantomime dame whose act is not confined to the stage. I mention by comparison the shrill Lazytown, trying to ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
A Tribute To Bev Jones, A Song and Dance Spectacular, plays the …
Among those who have backed A Tribute To Bev Jones are York Theatre Royal pantomime dame Berwick Kaler, a friend of many years' ... «The Press, York, Jul 15»
