Drury Lane pantomime

The first English pantomime was Tavern Bilkers performed at Drury Lane in 1702.[1] This started a popular tradition in which the annual Christmas pantomime at Drury Lane was the foremost entertainment of this kind.

References

  1. ^ Chamber's journal of popular literature, science and arts, 1858, p. 415, "Pantomimes were not got up in this country till the year 1702, when we find that one was produced at Drury Lane Theatre, called the Tavern Bilkers."