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Pantomime
What did Cinderella say when the Chemist lost her photographs ?
Some day my prints will come (unless of course you are ordering from Arenapal!)

Yes, Christmas is coming and the Pantomime season is round the corner! Derived from the commedia dell’arte and popularized
through harlequinade this peculiarly British delight is the perfect seasonal family entertainment.
Our images cover all types of dames, clowns and pantomime characters including Dan Leno,
Jack Tripp, Twiggy, Cliff Richard, Frankie Howerd, Harry H. Corbett, Geraldine Chaplin,
Frankie Vaughan, Arthur Askey, Dickie Henderson, John Inman, Hugh Paddick, Clive Rowe and Dick Emery.

Rehearsals for the London Palladium Pantomime &quotPuss in Boots"<br>L to R : Joan Regan, as Linda, Dick Emery, as Puss in Boots, Audrey Jeans, as &quotDuchess of Monte Polo", and standing at the back Frankie Vaughan who plays &quotFrancesco".<br>14th December 1962
Puss in Boots		 Christmas pantomime with Arthur Askey on right
Christmas pantomime		 The cast of ITV's pantomime Dick Whittington during a photocall at the Wimbledon Theatre, to publicise the pantomime which will be screened on ITV during the Christmas period. <br>
Dick Whittington
DARREN DAY<br>British Entertainer<br>with MR BLOBBY<br>Launching this year's Christmas pantomime production of &quotCinderella" at the Ashcroft Theatre, Croydon<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>UDW 018435/A-32 21.06.2001
Cinderella		 ROD HULL<br>British Children's Entertainer<br>With his puppet EMU<br>and Right: IAN McCASKILL<br>British TV Weather Presenter<br>To star in the pantomime 'Puss in Boots' at the Theatre Royal, Windsor.<br>Universal Pictorial Press Photo<br>UHY 015442/A-18 20.10.1998
Rodd Hull and Ian McCaskill		 Christmas and the pantomime are synonymous - to celebrate one without paying a visit to the other infers that one of life's more human moments has slipped by unheeded - for years it has been the custom for long-suffering fathers to rouse themselves from their Boxing Day lethargy to take their eager youngsters to the show and in order that their expectations shall be realised actors musicians authors and a multitude of other people work day and night for months to get the pantomimes ready - not the least of these workers are the scene painters - hidden away in their shops in the suburbs they enthusisasitclaly prepare those enthralling backcloths which lend an air of reality to the pantomime - photo shows scene painters in a North London studio putting the finishing touches to a scene for one of London's many pantomimes<br><br>December 4th 1934
London studio
FAIRY TALES - PUSS IN BOOTS. Gustav Dore's illustration to Perrault's tale, 'Puss in Boots'. The cat, dressed as a human, attracts the attention of the aritoscracy, and wins a fortune for his master
Puss in Boots		 Goldilocks and The Three Bears.Three dimensional illustration from The Three Bears in Raphael Tuck's 'Combined Expanding Toy and Painting Book Series', c.1900.<br>
Goldilocks and The Three Bears		 Folding hand-cloured frontispiece to Orlando Hodgson's edition of Puss In Boots, 1832.<br>
Puss In Boots
LILY SAVAGE will play the Wicked Queen in the spectacular 'wicked' family pantomime at the Victoria Palace Theatre for 50 performances only from the 17th December Date:13.09.2004 . Ref:UDW021228_0076. <br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: David Wimsett / Uppa.co.uk
Wicked family pantomime		 Pantomime &quotPuss In Boots". Children. Eltham.<br>January 1938
Puss In Boots		 The late Dan Leno and some of this favourite disguises.<br>A Drury Lane Hit: &quotMother Goose."<br>5 November 1904
Mother Goose
Preparing pantomime props at Julian Wylye's workshops at Cricklewood.<br>15 November 1932
Preparing Pantomime props		 Training children for Drury Lane Pantomime under the direction Mme Blessie Sismondi at the Tiller school of Dancing.<br>25 November 1919
Drury Lane Pantomime rehearsals		 Crowd waiting for the Lyceum Pantomime on Boxing Day, 1915
Lyceum Pantomime
MATT DEMPSEY (Jack) and CLIVE ROWE (Dame Trot) will star in the Pantomine Jack and the Beanstack at the Hackney Empire, London. Date:12.09.2005. <br>Ref: UGL022394_0006 <br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: Gary Lee / Starstock / Photoshot
Jack and the Beanstack		 For the first time, London Zoo is to host a ful-scale, traditional Pantomime this Christmas.'Dick Whittington and His Magical Cat' Ex Dr Who, Sylvester McCoy will be 'King Rat' and Cassie Compton from X Factor will star as 'Alice Fitzwarren Date:23.09.2005 <br>Ref: UDW022438_0001 <br>COMPULSORY CREDIT: David Wimsett/Starstock/Photoshot
Dick Whittington and His Magical Cat		 MOTHER GOOSE @ OXFORD PLAYHOUSE<br>12/95<br>DIR: MICHELE HARDY MUSICAL DIR:<br>PAUL KNIGHT,<br>PICTURE: LISA HEELEY (Pricilla<br>the Goose)<br>CAST: IAN LAVENDAR (Mother<br>Goose), DARREN JOHNSON (Billy<br>Goose) EMMA JAY THOMAS (Virtue)<br>LISA HEELEY (Priscilla The<br>Goose), MILTON JOHNS (The<br>Squire), JACQUELINE<br>CHARLESWORTH (Jill) ROYCE<br>HOUNSELL (Snitch) ANTHONY HUNT<br>(Snatch) DEBBIE KING (Ms<br>Everybody
Mother Goose
CINDERELLA<br>THE ANVIL BASINGSTOKE<br>1998
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA <br>ANVIL, BASINGSTOKE<br>DEC 1998
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>Ensemble dance routine<br>Written & Produced by<br><br>Christopher Lillicrap
Cinderella
CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>Midnight strikes<br>Written & Produced by<br><br>Christopher Lillicrap
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>Keith Chegwin as Buttons & the<br><br>Ugly Sisters<br>Written & Produced by<br><br>Christopher Lillicrap
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>Cinderella & The Ugly Sisters<br>Written & Produced by<br><br>Christopher Lillicrap
Cinderella
CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>The Ugly Sisters in tutus<br>Written & Produced by<br><br>Christopher Lillicrap
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA @ The Anvil<br><br>Basingstoke<br>The Ugly Sisters on Pantomime<br><br>horse<br>Written & Prod'd by Christopher<br><br>Lillicrap
Cinderella		 MOTHER GOOSE - Pantomime<br>Darlington Civic Theatre <br>CHRISTOPHER BIGGINS as Mother Goose /<br><br>DAVID HAMPSHIRE as Silly Billy
Mother Goose
CINDERELLA @ HACKNEY EMPIRE<br><br>2000
Cinderella		 ALADDIN - Hexagon THeatre<br>THIERENS / WEIR / STERLING<br>Reading 2001/2002<br>Dir: Chris Denys
Aladdin		 ALADDIN - Hexagon THeatre<br>PENNI TOVEY with maidens<br>Reading 2001/2002<br>Dir: Chris Denys
Aladdin
ALADDIN - Hexagon THeatre<br>GEOFFREY DAVIES - Widow Twankey<br>Reading 2001/2002<br>Dir: Chris Denys
Aladdin		 MOTHER GOOSE - 2001/2002<br>PRICILLA THE GOOSE <br>CHRISTOPHER LILLICRAP<br>Anvil Theatre - Basingstoke<br><br><br><br>Pantomime
Mother Goose		 MOTHER GOOSE - 2001/2002<br>Anvil Theatre - Basingstoke<br>CHEGWIN / GOOSE / LILLICRAP<br><br>Pantomime
Mother Goose
ALADDIN - Amateur Production<br>02/95
Aladdin		 CINDERELLA 12/74<br>Twiggy as Cinderella<br>London Casino<br>formerly Prince Edward Theatre
Cinderella		 CINDERELLA 12/74<br>Harry H Corbett / Twiggy as<br><br>Cinderella<br>London Casino<br>formerly Prince Edward Theatre
Cinderella
CINDERELLA 12/74<br>Hugh Paddick / Roy Kinnear<br>London Casino<br>formerly Prince Edward Theatre
Cinderella		 Poster for <br>CINDERELLA<br>Theatre Royal , Brighton
Cinderella		 Dan Leno in Pantomime<br>Book Illustration
Dan Leno
Dan Leno in Pantomime<br>as a woman
Dan Leno		 SLEEPING BEAUTY by Rufus Norris<br>Young Vic Theatre 12/02<br>DUNCAN WISBEY
Sleeping Beauty		 SLEEPING BEAUTY by Rufus Norris<br>Young Vic Theatre 12/02<br>CHRISTOPHER BRAND as The Ogre (left)
Sleeping Beauty
SLEEPING BEAUTY by Rufus Norris<br>Young Vic Theatre 12/02<br>JAMES LOYE as the Prince
Sleeping Beauty		 SLEEPING BEAUTY by Rufus Norris<br>Young Vic Theatre 12/02<br>DANIELLE KING as Beauty
Sleeping Beauty		 ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER Drury Lane Pantomime<br>JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
Jack and the Beanstalk
ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER Sleeping Beauty 1912<br>Theatre Royal Drury Lane
Sleeping Beauty		 ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER - Cinderella @ Princes<br>Theatre - London Circa 1910
Cinderella		 ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER - Aladdin
Aladdin
ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER - Aladdin - Theatre Royal<br><br>Brighton - 1893
Aladdin		 ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER Mother Goose - London<br>Hippodrome 1929
Mother Goose		 ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER - Dick Whittington - Empire<br>Chiswick 1931
Dick Whittington
ARCHIVAL PANTOMIME PROGRAMME<br>/ POSTER - Peter Pan - Royal Court<br>Theatre - Liverpool 1913
Peter Pan		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>CINDERELLA - Theatre Royal Exeter 1958
Cinderella		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>CINDERELLA - London Coliseum 1958
Cinderella
GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>POSTER - WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT<br>Drury Lane Theatre
Whittington and his cat		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>BABES IN THE WOOD - Dan Leno and<br><br>Herbert Campbell - Drury Lane Theatre<br><br>1897
Babes in the wood		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>DAN LENO as Mrs Twankey in Aladdin<br>at Drury Lane Theatre - 1896
Aladdin
GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>DAN LENO as Mother Goose<br>Drury Lane Theatre 1902
Mother Goose		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>JOSEPH GRIMALDI as a CLown
Pantomime		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>HARLEQUIN / COLUMBINE / PANTALOON <br>CLOWN - THe Essence of Pantomime
The Essence of Pantomime
GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>JOSEPH GRIMALDI / JON ELLAR / JAMES<br><br>BARNES
The Essence of Pantomime		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>DICKIE HENDERSON / ARTHUR ASKEY<br>Babes in the Wood - Bristol Hippodrome<br><br>1975
Babes in the Wood		 GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>ARTHUR ASKEY as Widow Twankey CLIFF<br><br>RICHARD as Aladdin 1964 - London<br><br>Palladium
Aladdin
GENERIC PANTOMIME / MUSIC HALL<br>DAN LENO as Mother Goose<br>
Mother Goose		 ALADDIN - Playbill
Aladdin		 BABES IN THE WOOD<br>Aldwych Theatre 1915<br>Original poster by William True
Babes in the Wood
ALADDIN HACKNEY EMPIRE 2004<br>TONY TIMBERLAKE Abanazer NIKKI STOKES<br><br>Aladdin
Aladdin		 ALADDIN - HACKNEY EMPIRE 2004<br>DREW VARLEY - Ping, CLIVE ROWE - Widow<br><br>Twanky
Aladdin		 ALADDIN<br>HACKNEY EMPIRE 2004<br>NIKKI STOKES - Aladdin
Aladdin
PANTOMIME CHARACTERS<br>Scrooge and the Pantomime Dame
Scrooge and the Pantomime Dame		 SLEEPING BEAUTY - Theatre Royal -<br><br>Stratford East - London 12 / 2004<br>EVE POLYCARPOU - Bad Godmother
Sleeping Beauty		 SLEEPING BEAUTY - Pantomime 12 / 2004<br>Young Vic Theatre Company at Barbican<br>HELENA LYMBERY - Goody<br>DANIEL CERQUEIRA - The Ogress
Sleeping Beauty
John Inman on stage at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London in 'Mother Goose'.<br>22nd December 1981
Mother Goose		 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK <br>HACKNEY EMPIRE, London 12/05<br>JOHN BARR (SNOWMAN) AND CLIVE ROWE (DAME TROT)<br>Music by: Steven Edis; Author: Susie McKenna; Choreographer: Carl Parris<br>Credit: MARILYN KINGWILL / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk		 PINOCCHIO - pantomime <br>THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST, 12/05<br>Music by: Robert Hyman; Adapted by: Trish Cooke; <br>JO MELVILLE (JAM CRICKET) AND RICHARD SUMITRO (PINOCCHIO)<br>Credit: MARILYN KINGWILL / ArenaPAL
Pinocchio
Jack and the Beanstalk<br>Drury Lane Pantomime <br>Credit: Mander & Mitchenson / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk		 JOHN CHALLIS AS FLESHCREEP AND TUDOR DAVIES AS DAME TROT IN THE PANTOMIME " JACK AND THE BEANSTALK " AT RICHMOND THEATRE, London 09/06. Credit: NIGEL NORRINGTON / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk		 DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT, DIRECTED BY EDWARD HALL <br>THE BARBICAN THEATRE, LONDON 12/06<br>Summer Strallen as Dick Whittington, Derek Elroy as Tommy the Cat<br>Credit: Pete Jones / ArenaPAL
Dick Whittington and his cat
CINDERELLA - pantomime<br>HACKNEY EMPIRE, London 12/06<br>DAVID ASHLEY (LUCINDA), TAMEKA EMPSON (COUNTESS PRUNELLA) AND MICHAEL KIRK (LAVINIA)<br>Credit: MARILYN KINGWILL / ArenaPAL
Cinderella		 THE SNOW QUEEN <br>THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST, 12/06<br>MICHAEL BERTENSHAW (MOR INGE)<br>Adapted by: Hope Massiah; Author: Hans Christian Andersen; Director: Dawn Reid; Designer: Jenny Tiramani; <br>Credit: MARILYN KINGWILL / ArenaPAL
The Snow Queen		 THE SNOW QUEEN <br>THEATRE ROYAL STRATFORD EAST, 12/06<br>TIFFANY GRAVES (THE SNOW QUEEN), SIMON BISHOP (TROLL 2), CRAIG STORROD (KAI) AND LORENZO MARTELLI (TROLL 1)<br>Adapted by: Hope Massiah; Author: Hans Christian Andersen; Director: Dawn Reid; Designer: Jenny Tiramani; <br>Credit: MARILYN KINGWILL / ArenaPAL
The Snow Queen
Frederick John Inman <br>1978<br>28 June 1935 - 8 March 2007 <br>English actor who was best known for his role as Mr Humphries in the British sitcom Are You Being Served? in the 1970s and 1980s. Inman was also well known in the United Kingdom as a pantomime dame.<br>credit: John Timbers / ArenaPAL
Frederick John Inman		 HELEN BAKER AS JACK IN " JACK AND THE BEANSTALK " AT THE BARBICAN, LONDON 12/07; <br>Credit: NIGEL NORRINGTON / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk		 JACK CHISSICK AS KING NORMAN, ASHLEY CAMPBELL AS MAD MATTY, ANDY GRAY AS DAME DOLLY AND STEVE FURST AS BEASTLY BORIS IN " JACK AND THE BEANSTALK " AT THE BARBICAN, LONDON 12/07; <br>Credit: NIGEL NORRINGTON / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk
SHELLEY WILLIAMS AS DONNA MARIE AND ASHLEY CAMPBELL AS MAD MATTY IN " JACK AND THE BEANSTALK " AT THE BARBICAN, LONDON 12/07; <br>Credit: NIGEL NORRINGTON / ArenaPAL
Jack and the Beanstalk		 Christmas pantomime at the Fortune Theatre is Toad of Toad Hall. Derek Smith is Toad, leaping over a picnic table. Watching are l to r:Oscar Quitak as Ratty; Michael Barrington as Badger; & Richard Goolden as Mole. December 1967
Christmas pantomime		 Dress rehearsal for the Christmas pantomime &quotDick Whittington" at the London Palladium. l to r: Richard Hearne, TV's Mr Pastry as Mate; Sonny Hale as Cook; and Frankie Howerd as Idle Jack. December 1952
Dick Whittington
19 year old Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin, at<br>rehearsal for Cinderella at The Champs Elyees Theatre, Paris.<br> December 1963<br>
Cinderella		 Poster advertising Sanger's Amphitheatre, 1886. A poster for a performance of Aladdin and the forty thieves, a pantomime written and produced by Robert Reece (1838-1891) at Sanger's Amphitheatre in London. <br>Credit: The British Library / HIP / TopFoto
Aladdin		 (COPYRIGHT)PHOTONEWS SERVICE LTD-OLD BAILEY<br>PIC SHOWS: (L-R) RUSS KANE, AS CHIEF OF POLICE, JOHN INMAN, AS WIDOW WANDA-TWANKEY AND VANESSA FELTZ, AS GENIE OF THE RING AT THE NEW VICTORIA THEATRE TODAY 02/08/01. WHERE THEY WILL STAR IN THE CHRISTMAS PANTOMINE OF 'ALADDIN' AT THE THEATRE-SEE STORY<br>PIC BY: ALEX WOODS
Aladdin

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