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1 1 y separately published work icon The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast ; Or, Mother Goose and the Seven Champions Montague Grover , Alfred Hill (composer), J. C. Williamson , Sydney : J. C. Williamson , 1903 Z859438 1903 single work musical theatre pantomime fantasy

The only Christmas pantomime produced in Sydney in 1903, the title Sleeping Beauty and the Beast was seen as somewhat misleading as the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale was not actually written into the story. The Sydney Morning Herald reviewer pondered whether it had anything to do with the scene at the close of the last act when Prince Charming was compelled by the wicked fairy Maligna to wear a lion's head for a few minutes. The same reviewer also questioned the aptness of the term 'pantomime,' arguing that there was no harlequinade and therefore no dumb show (28 December 1903, p.3).

[Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive]
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