"Wonderful Scamp"" in 1861 that the modern pantomime took form and the character was essentially established. Byron added burlesque (as can be seen by the name parodying the earlier opera) so the character is evil but played for laughs. Abanazar (pantomime) Abanazar is a magician and the primary antagonist in the Aladdin pantomime. He was also the basis for Jafar in the Disney version of Aladdin. The character first appeared in the harlequinade ""Aladin"" in 1788 as 'The African Magician', but was given the name Abanazer in 1813 in ""Aladdin or The Wonderful Lamp"" at Covent Garden Opera House in"
"""The story is often ""re-told"" with variations—the following is a precis of the Burton translation of 1885."" Aladdin is an impoverished young ne'er-do-well, dwelling in ""one of the cities of China"". He is recruited by a sorcerer from the Maghreb, who passes himself off as the brother of Aladdin's late father, ""Mustapha the tailor"", convincing Aladdin and his mother of his good will by pretending to set up the lad as a wealthy merchant. The sorcerer's real motive is to persuade young Aladdin to retrieve a wonderful oil lamp from a booby-trapped magic cave. After the sorcerer attempts to double-cross"
"Aladdin and his Winter Wish Aladdin and his Winter Wish is an American panto version of the Middle Eastern folk tale Aladdin. The panto's book was written by Kris Lythgoe and its music is based around classic pop tunes by artists such as Ray Charles, Coldplay, and Starship. ""Aladdin and his Winter Wish"" premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse on December 11, 2013 and ran through December 29 of the same year. The story follows the general Aladdin fairytale with some additional characters. Wishee Washee is Aladdin’s brother and Widow Twankey plays Aladdin’s mom. The character of Widow Twankey is played"
"Aladdin and his Winter Wish Aladdin and his Winter Wish is an American panto version of the Middle Eastern folk tale Aladdin. The panto's book was written by Kris Lythgoe and its music is based around classic pop tunes by artists such as Ray Charles, Coldplay, and Starship. ""Aladdin and his Winter Wish"" premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse on December 11, 2013 and ran through December 29 of the same year. The story follows the general Aladdin fairytale with some additional characters. Wishee Washee is Aladdin’s brother and Widow Twankey plays Aladdin’s mom. The character of Widow Twankey is played"
"it is shown that he had a childhood friend named Amal. The episode ""Seems Like Old Crimes"" shows that when Aladdin was sixteen, he fell in with a group of circus performers where he met his pet monkey Abu. Finally, in the second direct-to-video/DVD movie and third film in the series, ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"", Aladdin discovers that his long-lost father, Cassim, is still alive, and sets out to find him. Cassim had left the family shortly after his son's birth. Aladdin's mother died when he was just a child. At the climax of the film, Jasmine and"
"Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film) Aladdin is a 48-minute animated film based on the classic ""Arabian Nights"" story, Aladdin and the magic lamp, translated by Antoine Galland. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single theme song, ""Rub the Lamp"", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released directly to video on April 27, 1992. A young boy named Aladdin lives a poor life with his mother. A shifty man named Hassim approaches Aladdin claiming to be his long lost uncle and persuades him to come on a journey promising riches. Once in"
"to return after the same time. 500 years later a boy named Aladdin is born in Baghdad who is the true owner of the lamp but is unaware of this. He is a kind-hearted young man who always tries to make everyone happy. He is also Baghdad’s notorious Black Thief who many have tried to capture and have failed. He became the Black Thief on the insistence of his aunt Nazneen and uncle Mustafa. Aladdin and his mother Rukhsar are deeply in debt and are constantly taunted because Rukhsar’s husband Omar was accused of being a traitor and was arrested"
"Superfantagenio Superfantagenio (also known as ""Aladdin"") is a 1986 Italian/American family comedy film starring Bud Spencer as the Genie and Luca Venantini as Aladdin, and with Spencer's daughter Diamy participating in a secondary role as Aladdin's love interest. The story revolves around a teenage boy named Al Haddin, nicknamed ""Aladdin"", who is living with his widowed mother Janet and his alcoholic grandfather Jeremiah in Miami, Florida. He and his family live in poverty since his father's untimely demise; his mother slaves away in the nightclub of Monti Siracusa, a local mobster boss who runs a citywide protection racket. Jeremiah aggravates"
"Aladin (film) Aladin is a 2009 Indian Hindi fantasy adventure film directed by Sujoy Ghosh. The film stars Ritesh Deshmukh, Amitabh Bachchan , Jacqueline Fernandez and Sanjay Dutt. The film performed poorly at the box office. Aladdin and His Magic Lamp was originally a cartoon, first released in France in 1970, created by Hungarian producer, script-writer and director Jean Image (""Imre Hajdú""). Long ago, Ringmaster (Sanjay Dutt) was once a genie, but he used his powers only for himself, not to grant wishes to humans, so the other genies decided to strip him of his powers. He was still immortal,"
"Baba) are often introduced into the plot. One version of the ""pantomime Aladdin"" is Sandy Wilson's musical ""Aladdin"", from 1979. Since the early 1990s Aladdin pantomimes have tended to be influenced by the Disney animation. For instance, the 2007/8 production at the Birmingham Hippodrome starring John Barrowman featured songs from the Disney movies ""Aladdin"" and ""Mulan"". Aladdin Aladdin (; , """", ) is a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. It is one of the tales in ""The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (The Arabian Nights)"", and one of the best known—despite not being part of the original"
"Aladdin agrees. After overcoming many challenges, Aladdin meets the protector of the lamp who is none other than his father Omar but both of them are unaware of this fact. Omar realizes Aladdin is good at heart and takes him to the magic cave where Aladdin uses his smartness to get the lamp but is unable to escape as he accidentally took a coin from the treasure with him. Out of frustration he rubs the lamp from which Hassan, who is now a Genie comes out. They return to Baghdad where Aladdin introduces Genie as Sheikh Ginu. Omar decides to"
"giving the story a more typical ""Arabian Nights"" background. In the United Kingdom, the story of Aladdin was dramatised in 1788 by John O'Keefe for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden. It has been a popular subject for pantomime for over 200 years. The traditional Aladdin pantomime is the source of the well-known pantomime character Widow Twankey (Aladdin's mother). In pantomime versions, changes in the setting and story are often made to fit it better into ""China"" (albeit a China situated in the East End of London rather than Medieval Baghdad), and elements of other Arabian Nights tales (in particular Ali"
"Widow Twankey Widow Twankey is a female character in the pantomime ""Aladdin"". The character is a pantomime dame, portrayed by a man; and is a comic foil to the principal boy, Aladdin—played by an actress. The story of Aladdin is drawn from the ""Arabian Nights"", a collection of Middle-Eastern fables. It was first published in England between 1704 and 1714; and this story was dramatised in 1788 by John O'Keefe for Covent Garden. In 1813, a comic character of the ""dumb slave"" was introduced to ""Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp"", as a vehicle for the clown, Joseph Grimaldi, and at"
"Jonathan Wilkes Jonathan Wilkes (born 1 August 1978) is a British TV presenter and singer and close friend of Robbie Williams. His single ""Just Another Day"" went to No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart. Wilkes is panto star, being a regular at the Regent Theater Stoke for 12 years. His most recent role playing Aladdin in 2017. Jonathan Wilkes was born in Baddeley Green Stoke-on-Trent, to Eileen Wilkes and Graham Wilkes, and spent most of his childhood in Packmoor, an outlying village of Chell with his friend Robbie Williams. He has one older sister called Kay. He signed for"
"wish, which is fulfilled. With the reward money from Siracusa's capture, the Haddins buy the nightclub and celebrate its reopening, with the Genie staying with them as a normal human being. Superfantagenio Superfantagenio (also known as ""Aladdin"") is a 1986 Italian/American family comedy film starring Bud Spencer as the Genie and Luca Venantini as Aladdin, and with Spencer's daughter Diamy participating in a secondary role as Aladdin's love interest. The story revolves around a teenage boy named Al Haddin, nicknamed ""Aladdin"", who is living with his widowed mother Janet and his alcoholic grandfather Jeremiah in Miami, Florida. He and his"
"Aladdin (Disney character) Aladdin is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures's 31st animated feature film ""Aladdin"" (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by American actor Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels ""The Return of Jafar"" (1994) and ""Aladdin and the King of Thieves"" (1996), as well as the animated television series based on the film. Mena Massoud is set to play a live-action version of the character in a live action adaptation of the"
"Aladdin (performer) Aladdin Abdullah Achmed Anthony Pallante (September 12, 1912 – June 9, 1970) was an actor and musician better known to fans as Aladdin who appeared on ""The Lawrence Welk Show"" from 1955 to 1967. Born and raised in New York, Aladdin first began his professional career as a dancer at age three, but a serious fall, which left him temporarily paralyzed, forced him to turn his talents in an instrumental and vocal direction, which led him to learning to play the violin. Prior to joining Welk's Champagne Music Makers, he appeared with Ray Noble on the Edgar Bergen"
"reprised the role for the final time in a season five episode entitled ""Greece Is Burning"". The character of Widow Twanky is a diva, married at least 12 times, and a teacher of dance. Widow Twankey Widow Twankey is a female character in the pantomime ""Aladdin"". The character is a pantomime dame, portrayed by a man; and is a comic foil to the principal boy, Aladdin—played by an actress. The story of Aladdin is drawn from the ""Arabian Nights"", a collection of Middle-Eastern fables. It was first published in England between 1704 and 1714; and this story was dramatised in"
"her mother-in-law) to Morocco. Under sentence of death from the emperor, Aladdin follows the palace to Morocco with the aid of the genie of the ring, and, obtaining the lamp, he gets the palace and the princess back to their wonted places. Abanazar however follows Aladdin back to China, where it becomes apparent that in a contest of brains our hero hasn't a chance. A bit of old fashioned violence (""the old Kung-Fu"") is the remedy, Abanazar is carried off by the Great Roc and all ends happily. Original Cast Recording — President Records PTLS 1072 (1980) Aladdin (1979 musical)"
"in his street rat clothes. Aladdin, Jasmine, Carpet, Abu and Genie make cameo appearances in the Hong Kong Disneyland version of It's a Small World. In the Broadway musical adaptation, Aladdin is played by actor Adam Jacobs. Aladdin (Disney character) Aladdin is a fictional character and the titular protagonist of Walt Disney Pictures's 31st animated feature film ""Aladdin"" (1992) based on Aladdin, a folk tale of Middle Eastern origin. He is voiced by American actor Scott Weinger, while his singing voice is provided by Brad Kane. He also stars in the two direct-to-video sequels ""The Return of Jafar"" (1994) and"
"Ed Byrne (comedian) Edward Cathal Byrne (born 10 April 1972) is an Irish stand-up comedian, voice over artist and actor. He has presented television shows ""Uncut! Best Unseen Ads"" and ""Just for Laughs"", and is a guest on television panel games. As an actor, he played the title character in the 2000 ITV adaptation of the pantomime ""Aladdin"". Byrne was born in Swords, Dublin, in Ireland, in 1972, to Jill and Eddie Byrne, the third of four children. Deciding to study horticulture at the University of Strathclyde, he was made entertainments convener at the Students' Union in his second year"
"won, Aladdin is still a thief and is able to pick-pocket Mustappa, taking the Lamp and thus stealing his victory. Reunited with his mother and Zubaïda, Aladdin grants both the Genies their freedom, though only the Genie of the Ring accepts the offer. At the beginning of the story, Scheherazade explains that her next story is about Amin the Beggar (who looks exactly like Shahryar) and Sultan Abraschild (who looks exactly like Shahryar's brother). The story follows Amin, (Dougray Scott) a lonely drunkard beggar who meets the ruthless Sultan Haroun Abraschild (a play on the historical Caliph Harun al-Rashid), played"
"some ruins in the desert, Hassim performs an incantation to open a cave and Aladdin realises that Hassim is not his uncle. Hassim only brought him here because he is the only one who can enter the cave interior. Aladdin reluctantly enters the cave and finds what Hassim was looking for: an old lamp. Fearing that Hassim will kill him after he gets what he wants, Aladdin refuses to hand over the lamp and Hassim closes the cave trapping Aladdin. Unwittingly Aladdin rubs the lamp and releases a powerful genie who can grant any wish. Aladdin makes a wish to"
"the plot has fewer gratuitous twists, and the songs are more concerned with plot development than is usually the case with a traditional Aladdin pantomime. The wicked wizard Abanazar, in his desert home in Morocco, summons the spirits to tell him how he may obtain the magic lamp, the source of all power. He is somewhat bemused to discover that the source lies in a Chinese Laundry in Peking, and can be retrieved only by the launderess's ne'er-do-well son Aladdin. The ghostly chorus of the spirits takes us into the next scene, where Aladdin himself is discussing with his mother"
"enormous, mustached, genie with gold or orange coloring) was sufficiently distinct from the Disney images (with an enormous, non-mustached, blue genie). Aladdin (1992 Golden Films film) Aladdin is a 48-minute animated film based on the classic ""Arabian Nights"" story, Aladdin and the magic lamp, translated by Antoine Galland. Like all other Golden Films productions, the film featured a single theme song, ""Rub the Lamp"", written and composed by Richard Hurwitz and John Arrias. It was released directly to video on April 27, 1992. A young boy named Aladdin lives a poor life with his mother. A shifty man named Hassim"
"Laddi Laddi (born Þórhallur Sigurðsson on 20 January 1947 in Hafnarfjörður) is a famous Icelandic comedian and entertainer. He is known for comedy music and comedy acting. ""Laddi"" has dubbed many characters into Icelandic, in films and TV shows like ""The Smurfs"" and feature films like ""Aladdin"". He is most famous for the unforgettable characters that he has created on his own and it is like they almost have a mind of their own such as Eiríkur Fjalar. He started off in a comedy duo with his brother Haraldur Sigurðsson, they were known as ""Halli og Laddi"". He was in"
"Throughout the story an evil magician named Jafar tries to acquire a magic lamp which has been buried in an unknown cave of wonders. But he is unable to lay his hands on the lamp, because the only person that can possess the lamp is the son of the magicians Zoya and Zahir, whom Jafar has killed. Aladdin turns out to be the magicians' son. In addition, Aladdin falls in love with Jasmin, daughter of Sultan of Zarniabad, who also helps him along with her companion Noorie and Aladdin's friend Junaid to acquire the lamp, so they can defeat the"
"the rusty old lamp which is all her son has brought home — thus summoning another, much more powerful genie who makes it clear he will do anything for anyone unless they make unkind remarks about his green colouring. In no time at all Aladdin is a prince, and happily married to the princess of his dreams. The Widow Twankey is now the Royal Mother-in-law — and manages to dispose of that rusty old lamp to Abanazar (disguised as a pedlar). He is now the Genie's new master – and he quickly takes the palace (complete with the princess and"
"Féodor Atkine Féodor Atkine (born 27 February 1948) is a French actor. Born in Paris of Russian-Polish descent, he has had a career in European cinema and television since the early 1970s, and made occasional appearances in English-language films, notably as the Russian gangster ""Mikhi"" in ""Ronin"", as Woody Allen's character's brother in ""Love and Death"", and the recurring character of ""Major Pierre Ducos"" in the UK TV series ""Sharpe"". Atkine is also a well-regarded voice artist, providing the voice of ""Jafar"" in the French version of Disney's ""Aladdin"" (1992). He also provides the French dub for Dr. Gregory House"
"however, and still possessed great strength and knowledge. He vowed to regain his powers someday and get his revenge. Aladin's parents, Arun and Riya, believed that the story of Aladdin and his lamp from the Arabian Nights was based on reality. They named their son Aladin in hopes that it would bring them luck on their quest to find the real magic lamp, and after years of searching, they finally found it. However, not long after that, Ringmaster and his gang attacked them. Riya secretly rubbed the lamp and summoned Genius (Amitabh Bachchan), wishing for him to save Aladin, who"
"Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967 film) Aladdin's Magic Lamp () is a 1966 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. A magician asks the stars who can get him the magic lamp. They tell him that it should be Aladdin, the son of Ali al Maruf. The magician then seeks Aladdin throughout Baghdad. When he finds himself on the market, suddenly the sultan arrives with his beautiful daughter Budur and it is announced that the head will be cut off from the one who dares to look at"
"a life together. Principal photography took place in Chersonesus. Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (1967 film) Aladdin's Magic Lamp () is a 1966 Soviet fantasy film directed by Boris Rytsarev based on the tale Aladdin from One Thousand and One Nights. A magician asks the stars who can get him the magic lamp. They tell him that it should be Aladdin, the son of Ali al Maruf. The magician then seeks Aladdin throughout Baghdad. When he finds himself on the market, suddenly the sultan arrives with his beautiful daughter Budur and it is announced that the head will be cut"
"rich gifts. Meanwhile, the Sultan's twin brother, Prince Hadji (also played by Dennis Hoey, with a British accent in both roles), who has already tried to overthrow his brother once before, makes the Sultan his captive and takes his place undetected. Hadji is aided by the treacherous Grand Wazir Abu-Hassan (Philip Van Zandt), who is promised Armina's hand in marriage as a reward. When Aladdin shows up pretending to be a prince of Hindustan, however, the Sultan changes his mind, preferring a rich son-in-law. The genie, however, does her best to derail the romance. Spotting Kofir, who has watched the"