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The 1944 pantomime was Old Mother Red Riding Boots, written by the princesses and Tannar as a "mash up" of six traditional pantomime stories. [1] [6] Elizabeth wore a pink satin dress with lace sleeves to play 'Lady Christina Sherwood' and Margaret portrayed 'The Honourable Lucinda Fairfax' in a "blue taffeta dress with cream lace bloomers". [3]
Pantomime horse; Pantomimeteatret; Payne Brothers; William Payne (pantomimist) Persée et Andromède (ballet) Poppy (1982 musical) Prince Charming; Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret's Christmas pantomimes; Principal boy; Psyché (ballet) Pussy in Boots
Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret starred in four Christmas pantomimes, staged each year from 1941 to 1944. The first production was Cinderella, followed by Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, and ...
In the Middle Ages, the Mummers Play was a traditional English folk play, based loosely on the Saint George and the Dragon legend, usually performed during Christmas gatherings, which contained the origin of many of the archetypal elements of the pantomime, such as stage fights, coarse humour and fantastic creatures, [15] gender role reversal, and good defeating evil. [16]
Babes in the Wood is a traditional English children's tale, as well as a popular pantomime subject. It has also been the name of some other unrelated works. The expression has passed into common language, referring to inexperienced innocents entering unawares into any potentially dangerous or hostile situation.
Images of the Virgin and Child were for centuries the most common subject for Christian religious art. There are many thousands of surviving historical images. The following is a list (probably incomplete) of those with articles, listed by their usual type of title (although other title forms may be found).
The traditional pantomime was originally dramatized by John O'Keeffe in 1788 for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. Different versions of the pantomime story have been performed for over 200 years. The "Aladdin" story was also adapted into other theatrical productions. Notable adaptations include:
The theatre also features an annual pantomime performed in traditional style. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The Theatre Royal in Windsor is a Grade II listed building and since 1997 has been managed by Bill Kenwright , who performed at the theatre as a young actor in the 1960s and 1970s under John Counsell.