Victorian burlesque
Videos
Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as travesty or extravaganza, is a genre of theatrical entertainment that was popular in Victorian England and in the New York theatre of the mid-19th century. It i
Souvenir programme
The Olympic Theatre, for which Planché wrote Olympic Revels
Sheet music from Faust up to Date
American burlesque on Ben Hur, c. 1900.
Breeches role
Videos
In theater, a breeches role or breeches part is a role in which a female actor performs in male clothing. Breeches, tight-fitting knee-length pants, were a standard male garment when these roles were
Victorian burlesque
…and other spectacular elements of stagecraft, as many of the pieces were staged as extravaganzas. Many of the male roles were played by actresses as breeches roles, to show off women's legs in tights, and some of the older female roles were taken by male actors. Originally short, one-act pieces, burlesques were…
An Actress at Her Toilet, or Miss Brazen Just Breecht (John Collet, 1779)
Dorothea Jordan as Hippolyta by John Hoppner, 1791
Anna Ulke as Prinz Orlofsky in "Die Fledermaus" (Vienna, 1875)
Pauline Viardot as Orphée (1860) in Gluck's opera