page_title: Transformation scene
hierarchical_section_title: Transformation scene
caption_attribution_description: English: Political cartoon by JM Staniforth: Lord and Lady Wimborne (Ivor Guest, 1st Baron Wimborne and Lady Cornelia Henrietta Maria Spencer-Churchill) are depicted as "Good Fairies" banishing squalor through their charitable work in Dowlais, Wales.
context_page_description: The transformation scene is a theatrical convention of metamorphosis, in which a character, group of characters, stage properties or scenery undergo visible change. Transformation scenes were already standard in the European theatrical tradition with the masques of the 17th century. They may rely on both stage machinery and lighting effects for their dramatic impact.
context_section_description: The transformation scene is a theatrical convention of metamorphosis, in which a character, group of characters, stage properties or scenery undergo visible change. Transformation scenes were already standard in the European theatrical tradition with the masques of the 17th century. They may rely on both stage machinery and lighting effects for their dramatic impact.
caption: Transformation scene in a political cartoon of 1898
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