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Little Cinderella is a Victorian pantomime adaptation of the Cinderella story. The title is particularly associated with the Christmas production staged at Bristol's Prince's Theatre during the 1875-76 season. Like other pantomime versions of familiar fairy tales, it presented the story in a theatrical form shaped for festive audiences, combining a well-known narrative with the conventions of nineteenth-century British stage entertainment.
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What is Little Cinderella?
Little Cinderella is a Victorian pantomime adaptation of the Cinderella story. The title is especially associated with a Christmas production at Bristol's Prince's Theatre during the 1875-76 season.
When was Little Cinderella performed in Bristol?
The best-known production connected with the title ran during Bristol's 1875-76 Christmas season. It belonged to the Victorian tradition of staging fairy tales as festive pantomimes.
How was Little Cinderella different from a straight Cinderella play?
As a pantomime, it would have combined fairy-tale storytelling with comedy, music, visual spectacle, and audience interaction. Those conventions made Victorian Christmas productions different from serious spoken drama.
Is Little Cinderella the same story as Charles Perrault's Cinderella?
It adapts the familiar Cinderella plot, including the heroine's difficult home life and transformation through theatrical magic. The Bristol version was a stage pantomime rather than a reprint of Perrault's 1697 literary tale.
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