Pantomine: Trump and Farage

A New World Order
​ Pastel drawing, 60x81", 2016

The Grand Christmas Comic Pantomine
At the mythic Elephant and Castle Theatre
Boxing Day, December 26th, 1876
 
Entitled
Trump and Farage;
Or
Harlequin Progress
And the Knight that fought and gained the day


Characters

Donnie Trump  -------  performed by Miss Marie Henderson
​A powerful and scheming knight in love with Nigella and himself

Nigella Farage  ------- performed by Mr Walter Grisdale
Mistress from Ing - Land who whip lashes her Euro body politic 

Hilaricious Clinton  -------  performed by Miss Clara Griffith
Deposed Queen trapped in the world wide web 

Theresa Maypole  ------ performed by Mr Watty Bruton
The titular head of state who is forever Brexiting, stage right. 


A production on a grand scale with thrilling scenes:
 Donnie and Nigella riding the headless horse of the apocalypse;
Hilaricious hanging onto the tale of the headless horse;
And Theresa, trying to exit stage right, but being trampled under horse hoof.  
All told, a magical transformation.
​This new world order has to be seen to be believed!

Trump and Farage has been expressly sketched for this theatre by Constance Graf.  

Stage notes:
1. Pantomine is a type of musical comedy performed in the United Kingdom, generally during the Christmas festive period. It has gender-bending roles and a story loosely based on a fairy or folk tale. 
2. Henderson, Griffith, Grisdale and Bruton formed the cast of the Elephant and Castle Theatre company in London between 1875-1880. Marie Henderson was also the directress of the company.
3. If you want to sample a pantomime, here is a link to Valentine and Orson. This text was written in 1877 by Charles Merion and is his third adaption of the medieval romance tale about twin brothers abandoned at birth, one raised in the royal court and the other in the woods. Another version was the first play performed at the Elephant and Castle Theatre when that was opened for business in 1872. The theatre building is now the Coronet Club and this is due for demolition in early 2018 as part of the regeneration of the Elephant and Castle area.