The Nurserymatograph
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Cinema audiences, film operators and nursery rhyme figures all become targets for G. A. T. Allan's wordplay. This collection imagines familiar verses and everyday activities as short sequences of screen action. Humpty Dumpty's fall leads to a legal dispute with the wall's builder, while Simple Simon's encounter with the Pieman becomes a case for the police and the courts. Mock advertisements and a solemnly absurd discussion of children's education extend the joke beyond the little scenarios.
Elsewhere, sailors' expressions and army routines are taken literally, and a polar expedition follows a geography of cheerful nonsense. The numbered scenes give the writing a brisk rhythm, with puns often supplying the next change of action. Readers interested in early cinema humour will find a comic picture of its audiences, equipment and conventions, alongside elaborate mischief made from familiar phrases.
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- Author
- G. A. T. Allan
- Pages
- 52
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Satire
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