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Pictured are stock characters from Commedia dell'Arte, which gave each character a standard costume. A stock character is a dramatic or literary character representing a generic type in a conventional, simplified manner and recurring in many fictional works. [1] The following list labels some of these stereotypes and provides examples.
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Pantomime dames (1 C, 46 P) S. Female superheroes (9 C, 50 P) V. ... Pages in category "Female stock characters" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of ...
A pantomime dame is a traditional role in British pantomime. It is part of the theatrical tradition of travesti portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag . Dame characters are often played either in an extremely camp style, or else by men acting butch in women's clothing.
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Pierrot (/ ˈ p ɪər oʊ / PEER-oh, US also / ˈ p iː ə r oʊ, ˌ p iː ə ˈ r oʊ / PEE-ə-roh, PEE-ə-ROH; French: ⓘ), a stock character of pantomime and commedia dell'arte, has his origins in the late 17th-century Italian troupe of players performing in Paris and known as the Comédie-Italienne.
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The Christmas Pantomime colour lithograph book cover, 1890, showing harlequinade characters. Pantomime (/ ˈ p æ n t ə ˌ m aɪ m /; [1] informally panto) [2] is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment. It was developed in England and is performed throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland and (to a lesser ...