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dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Gillian A. M.
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-28T10:30:06Z
dc.date.available2017-08-28T10:30:06Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.identifier250016639
dc.identifier63b246ce-4f10-47ec-92a9-1ce4c97eb01d
dc.identifier85027026040
dc.identifier000405284700006
dc.identifier.citationMitchell , G A M 2017 , ' 'Mod movement in Quality Street clothes' : British popular music and pantomime, 1955-1975 ' , New Theatre Quarterly , vol. 33 , no. 3 , pp. 254-276 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266464X17000306en
dc.identifier.issn0266-464X
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2605-1493/work/61978837
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/11552
dc.description.abstractFrom the late 1950s onwards, young rock ‘n’ roll musicians and popular singers were introduced into commercial Christmas pantomime productions. While this practice, which constituted an extension of their involvement in the broader sphere of variety theatre, has been previously noted, it is seldom accorded much sustained attention. In this article Gillian Mitchell explores the impact which such performers made upon pantomime, while observing the ways in which involvement in pantomime productions affected their careers and aspirations. ‘Pop stars’ brought much-needed revenue to struggling theatres, and, while their presence onstage alongside experienced pantomime performers sometimes attracted criticism, they also contributed in many ways to a reinvigoration of the medium, whether by offering fresh scope for topical gags, or by giving ambitious producers the chance to more more experimental types of production. The article also questions the notion that, by the late 1960s, pantomime had become a ‘last refuge’ for those popular musicians who were apparently unable to maintain a foothold in the increasingly ‘serious’ world of rock music.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofNew Theatre Quarterlyen
dc.subjectVariety theatreen
dc.subjectLondon Palladiumen
dc.subjectPost-war Britainen
dc.subjectChristmas entertainmenten
dc.subjectD204 Modern Historyen
dc.subjectDA Great Britainen
dc.subjectM Musicen
dc.subjectPN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theateren
dc.subjectT-NDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subject.lccD204en
dc.subject.lccDAen
dc.subject.lccM1en
dc.subject.lccPN2000en
dc.title'Mod movement in Quality Street clothes' : British popular music and pantomime, 1955-1975en
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Historyen
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0266464X17000306
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden


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