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Apr 4, 2024 · John Rich (born c. 1682—died Nov. 26, 1761, London, Eng.) was an English theatre manager and actor, the popularizer of English pantomime and founder of Covent Garden Theatre.
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Mar 25, 2024 · Marcel Marceau (born March 22, 1923, Strasbourg, France—died September 22, 2007, Cahors) was a preeminent 20th-century French mime whose silent portrayals were executed with eloquence, deceptive simplicity, and balletic grace.
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Apr 7, 2024 · Symbolic objects and actions – vestments, altars, censers, and pantomime performed by priests – recalled the events which Christian ritual celebrates. These were extensive sets of visual signs that could be used to communicate with a largely illiterate audience.
Apr 9, 2024 · 4. United Kingdom: Pantomime. The pantomime, fondly called panto by the British, is a lighthearted comic play often based on fairy tales or nursery rhymes. It incorporates music hall traditions as well as eccentric humor.
Apr 8, 2024 · We present: The story of Dick Whittington and his cat, a pantomime. Featuring the cats and cast of BBC Learning English. Let's start off by meeting our hero, Dick Whittington.
6 days ago · In the Victorian era the harlequinade was reduced to a plotless epilogue to the main pantomime, which was often a dramatized fairy tale. This article was most recently revised and updated by Chelsey Parrott-Sheffer. Harlequin, one of the principal stock characters of the Italian commedia dell’arte; often a facile and witty gentleman’s valet ...
Apr 7, 2024 · Paul Hawkyard. Robin Simpson. Last year their Ugly Sisters Manky and Mardy saw them nominated in the British Pantomime Awards. This year they are in cahoots again with Paul as the villainous Captain Hook while Robin putting on a frock again as one of Hook’s henchpersons Mrs Smee. There’s little doubt that this initially accidental coupling ...