R. J. Broadbent was the author of: A History of Pantomime (1901), Stage Whispers (1901), Annals of the Liverpool Stage (1908), Elizabeth Farren: Countess of Derby (1910). "One of the most important factors in the making of Theatrical History has been that of Pantomime, yet in many of the published works dealing with the History of the Stage it has, with the exception of a passing reference here and there, been much neglected. ".