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Pierrot was not Baptiste's only creation. As Robert Storey has pointed out, Deburau performed in many pantomimes unconnected with the commedia dell'arte: . He was probably the student-sailor Blanchot in Jack, l'orang-outang (1836), for example, and the farmhand Cruchon in Le Tonnelier et le somnambule ([The Cooper and the Sleepwalker] late 1838 or early 1839), and the goatherd Mazarillo in Fra ...
Silent comics (or pantomime comics) are comics which are delivered in mime. They make use of little or no dialogue , speech balloons or captions written underneath the images. Instead, the stories or gags are told entirely through pictures.
2nd-century Macedonian theatrical sculpture, thought to represent a pantomime's mask. The word pantomime was adopted from the Latin word pantomimus, [6] which in turn derives from the Greek word παντόμιμος (pantomimos), consisting of παντο-(panto-) meaning "all", and μῖμος (mimos), meaning a dancer who acted all the roles or all the story.
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Christian comedy is a subgenre of comedy where the material presented is aimed towards a Christian audience. The performances are typically held on church grounds or at off-site, church-sponsored venues.
Through the medieval period churches in Europe frequently performed mystery plays, retelling the stories of the Bible. They developed from the representation of Bible stories in churches with accompanying song. As these liturgical plays became more popular, more vernacular or everyday elements were introduced and non-clergy began to participate.
Pantomime in America, as in England, is usually performed at Christmas time. The entertainments, aimed at families, are based on nursery stories and fairy tales , and they incorporate songs (traditional, popular and new), slapstick comedy , often topical jokes , magic, some cross-dressing , local references, audience participation, and mild ...
Pages in category "Operas based on the Bible" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.