10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRINCIPAL BOY»
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principal boy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
principal boy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
British Pantomime Performance
Despite this history of breeches parts in many types of theatre performance,
Madame Celeste, who played both Jack and Harlequin in Jack and the Beanstalk
in 1855, is thought to be the first principal boy (Frow 1985: 106). There were
already ...
2
The Changing Room: Sex, Drag and Theatre
Sex, Drag and Theatre Laurence Senelick. Willson Disher located a breeches
part in Sadak and Kalasrade, a pantomime of 1797, but the emploi known as the
principal boy is actually a new creation that emerged with the entertainment that ...
3
Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety
Its homologies with pantomime¦the woman as Principal Boy, Hook as the logical
extension of the Panto Dame¦are repeatedly denied or minimized by critics who
want to claim adifferent,less popular, theatrical status for Barrie«s play.23 Yet ...
4
The Oxford Companion to Theatre and Performance
Although attempted as early as 1819, the principal boy was not accepted into
pantomime until the 1830s and even then was performed by adolescent or pre-
pubescent girls, not by mature actresses. The principal boy appeared in the
opening, ...
5
Changing Sex and Bending Gender
For a period from 1912, the impresario Arthur Collins, who took over Drury Lane
Theatre after Harris at the end of the nineteenth century, gave the role of Principal
Boy to a man. And in the 1950s and 1960s in particular, the Principal Boy role ...
Alison Shaw, Shirley Ardener, 2005
6
Sexualities in Victorian Britain
Roustabout adventures in which the principal boy is helped by the fairy
godmother to defeat the heroine's father are combined with topical songs. A
grand finale celebrates the victorious, happy couple, now reunited with both the
chastened ...
Andrew H. Miller, James Eli Adams, 1996
7
British Theatre in the Great War: A Revaluation
Light- comedian Randolph Sutton, taking the part in Burton-on-Trent's 1916
Babes in the Wood, was said to be 'the only "male" principal boy in the provinces',
13 though there was one at the Wimbledon that year. In 1915 it was tried at the ...
8
Coming Into Mind: The Mind-Brain Relationship: A Jungian ...
When occasionally she was taken to the pantomime, each time she found herself
longing to be taken home by the principal boy and to be cared for as that being's
child.I say 'that being' because in English pantomime the principal boy is an ...
9
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales: G-P
The standard roles include the Dame, a lusty and sometimes miserly older
woman played by a garishly dressed man; the Principal Boy, a lowborn, thigh-
slapping young hero traditionally played by a woman in heels, tunic, and tights;
and the ...
10
Stars of Early Australian Theatre:
From 1912 to the end of World War 1, Carrie continued to perform in vaudeville or
variety. She also made some eye catching performances in pantomime. Often the
principal boy in pantomime was selected on the basis of physical attributes as ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRINCIPAL BOY»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
principal boy is used in the context of the following news items.
DOUNE AND DUNBLANE: Perthshire rider reigns despite the rain
Reserve: Sarah Houlden, with Pebbly Principal Boy, a 10-year-old skewbald gelding by Hollyland Cranberry, bred by Wendy Campbell and out ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
Nova Pilbeam, British teen star of 1930s Hitchcock films, dies at 95
... that of taking the part seriously and distinguishing its particular swagger from the self-conscious mincing of a principal boy in pantomime.”. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
Wharfedale Festival of Theatre awards its 2015 amateur theatre …
S.T.A.R.S. also netted the awards for Best Principal Boy (Sarah Gates), Best Pantomime Villain (Peter Sandles), and Best Cameo (Tom Elton), Tom aged 14 ... «Ilkley Gazette, Jul 15»
WEST FIFE SHOW: Native ponies to the fore
James Houlden, with Pebbly Principal Boy, a coloured gelding, which was reserve champion at Fife Show and which previously qualified for ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
'Tis the season to be silly
Maxine Aquilina played the innocent principal boy Jack with the tiny, ahem, member, who is sent by his mum (played by P.J. Xerxen) to sell off ... «Times of Malta, Jul 15»
Letters of the week
A move in pantomime to cast the Principal Boy as a man has further removed mature actresses from employment. It is difficult to see the reason ... «The Stage, Jul 15»
Councillor dons pantomime costume to make a serious point
... council when Councillor A R W Connock said the council was becoming more like a pantomime with Councillor E G Allen as Principal Boy. «Western Daily Press, Jun 15»
An Antipodean theatre colossus, he rolled with the punches …
His delivery was like a mystical wand: Kate Fitzpatrick's Principal Boy Hamlet coughed and claimed she had a frog in her throat - Bob, as Dame ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Somerton Dramatic Society scoop six awards at Cinderella Trophy …
... scooped half a dozen awards at the Cinderella Trophy Competition, including Best Village Show, Best Director and Principal Boy of the Year. «Western Gazette, Jun 15»
In praise of stepgrandparents: 'I was slightly in awe of Anita'
In England, she'd performed as a Cossack dancer, a principal boy in pantomime, and later become a radio scriptwriter and presenter for the ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
