Output details

Pantomime in Scotland: a Celebration of Scottish Pantomime on Film

The research output is a DVD containing: 1930s, 1940s, 1950s silent films – identified by the researcher and added to the Scottish Screen Archive catalogue in digitised form; audio recordings of music from 1869, 1920s and 1930s – newly discovered and identified; and, audio recordings of new improvised piano scores – commissioned from contemporary musicians.

Research findings are evidenced by:

1a/ Pantomime in Scotland: a celebration of Scottish pantomime on film (Glasgow: University of Glasgow/National Library of Scotland – Scottish Screen Archive, 2009) – 1 x DVD of 1930s, 1940s and 1950s silent films with a soundtrack featuring newly discovered pantomime music with a supporting booklet.

1b/ newly discovered, copied and prepared scores of music by Robert McLeod written for pantomimes at Royal Princess's Theatre Glasgow in 1920s and 1930s – available as scores (1 x data stick) and audio recordings (1 x CD) made by Philip Hobbs (Linn Records), with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and music director Kennedy Aitchison.

1c/ newly copied and prepared scores of the ‘Demon Ballet’, identified by the researcher as being composed by Oscar Barrett, and ‘Old Mother Hubbard (Overture)’ from the Prince of Wales Theatre Glasgow 1869, held in the Drury Lane Collection (British Library) – available as scores (1 x data stick) and audio recordings (1 x CD) made by Hobbs (Linn Records), with the Orchestra of Scottish Opera and Aitchison.

1d/ four new improvised piano scores by Karen MacIver for Babes in the Wood (Theatre Royal Edinburgh, 1936), The Forty Thieves (Pavilion Theatre Glasgow, 1937), Queen of Hearts (Theatre Royal Edinburgh, 1937), and a section of the DVD on 'Stars of Scottish pantomime'; and, two new improvised piano scores by Dave Anderson for The Forty Thieves (Theatre Royal Edinburgh, 1931) and Cinderella (Alhambra Theatre Glasgow, 1950) – available as audio recordings (1 x CD).