Dames, Principal Boys...And All That. A History Of Pantomime In Australia

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Macmillan Art Publishing
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2001
Edition: First Edition

Description: 239 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Macmillan is proud to announce the publication of the late Viola Taits 240-page book - Dames, Principal Boys...And All That: A History of Pantomime in Australia . It realises the authors long-time ambition to chronicle this remarkable art form as it developed in Australia. Commensing with pantomimes beginnings in Britain, then surveying its highlights here, Viola Taits account is both revelatory and nostalgic. It recalls days gone by when adults and children eagerly anticipated the Christmas Pantomime and were exhilerated by the idiosyncratic dialogue and the humerous antics of the star performers - from Australian born Nellie Stewart, darling of Drury Lane, to popular figures like Gladys Moncrieff, Roy Rene and Graham Kennedy. Barry Humphries imaginative introduction to the book focuses on a major thread which is maintained throughout the text - the curious pantomime tradition of men appearing as Dames and women as Principal Boys. The many photographs of these much loved characters is one of the most exciting aspects of the book.

ISBN: 187683224x