Pantomime Dame, The
- Synopsis
- The pantomime has been a uniquely British tradition for over 200 years, but the pantomime dame belongs to an older tradition having evolved from Grimaldi’s clown of the early 1800s through the burlesque tradition of female impersonation embodied by Dan Leno in the 1900s. Examines the reasons for the Dame’s enduring hold on the audience’s imagination and investigates the changes in her portrayal corresponding to changing attitudes to women and sexuality.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Film; Video; Film. 16mm. sd. col. 15 min. Videocassette. VHS. col. 15 min.
- Technical information
- Black-and-white / Sound
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Hire
- Uses
- Students of drama; popular culture courses; sociology and culture courses.*
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- pantomime; United Kingdom
Credits
- Director
- Elizabeth Wood
- Producer
- Elizabeth Wood
- Contributor
- Cyril Collick; Ernest Vincze; Ivan Strasburg; John Lundsten; John Shann; Martin Rissen; Peter Heelas
Distribution Formats
- Type
- Film
- Format
- 16mm
Production Company
- Name
Wood Film Ltd
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council of Great Britain
- Phone
- 020 7973 6455
- Fax
- 020 7973 6581
- Address
- London
SW1P 3NG
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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