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They include Harlequin and Mother Goose, or The Golden Egg (1806) by Thomas John Dibdin [23] and Harlequin and the Fairy's Dilemma (1904) by W. S. Gilbert. [24]
Perhaps the best-known of Grimaldi's pantomimes was Thomas Dibdin's Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, which opened on 29 December 1806 at the Covent Garden Theatre.
At the level of performance, the play itself is important for the perfection of myriad transformation tricks, for Samuel Simmons’s portrayal of Mother Goose as an early “Dame” role, and for its re-orientation of Clown’s place in the harlequinade.
The Development of Mother Goose in Britain in the Nineteenth Century' RYOJI TSURUMI THE year 1806 was a turning point for the history of pantomime.2 The tremendously successful pantomime Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, the Golden Egg was performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Monday 29th December of that year. It was in
Apr 14, 2014 · Perhaps the best-known of Grimaldi's pantomimes was Thomas Dibdin's Harlequin and Mother Goose; or, The Golden Egg, which opened on 29 December 1806 at the Covent Garden Theatre. As in most pantomimes, he played a dual role, in this case first as "Bugle", a wealthy but abrasive eccentric womaniser, and after the transformation to the ...
In 'Harlequin and Mother Goose' there were four opening scenes, involving Grimaldi as Squire Bugle (afterwards, the clown) Mother Goose, played by Mr. Simmons, Colin (afterwards Harlequin) in love with Colinette.
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The pantomime, staged at Covent Garden during the Christmas season, was the work of Thomas John Dibdin and its title, Harlequin and Mother Goose, or The Golden Egg, signals how it combines the Commedia dell'arte tradition and other folk elements with fable – in this case "The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs". [29]
