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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 ...
The ITV Panto was a series of televised pantomimes originally broadcast on ITV in 1998, 2000, and 2002. They have since been repeated over the 20 years since they were filmed. All written by Simon Nye, they included an array of celebrities playing the lead roles.
The earliest known pantomime in the U.S. was Robinson Crusoe produced at St. John's Theatre, New York in 1786. [2] Humpty Dumpty, starring and co-written by George L. Fox, premiered at Olympic Theatre in New York in 1868; it was frequently revived and eventually played for over 1,200 performances, becoming one of the most successful American ...
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.
In the early 19th century, the popular comic performer Joseph Grimaldi turned the role of Clown from "a rustic booby into the star of metropolitan pantomime". [8] Two developments in 1800, both involving Grimaldi, greatly changed the pantomime characters: For the pantomime Peter Wilkins: or Harlequin in the Flying World, new costume designs were introduced.
Michael Grade's History of the Pantomime Dame (2012) as himself. [8] A Knight's Tale (2001) as Man in Stocks [17] The Worst Witch (1998–1999) as Frank Blossom. Left after Series 2. Jude (1996) Spender (1991-1993) as Detective Sergeant Dan Boyd; A Very British Coup as Smith; The Man With Two Heads (1972) The Rats Are Coming, The Werewolves Are ...
Peter Pan, his fellow characters, and the setting of Neverland have appeared in many works since the original books and 1904 play by J. M. Barrie. The earliest were the stage productions of the play, and an adaptation to silent film, done with Barrie's involvement and personal approval. Later works were authorised by Great Ormond Street Hospital, to which Barrie gave the rights to the Peter ...
Pantomime won the Bisexual Book Award for Speculative Fiction in 2014 at an event organised by the Bi Writers Association to increase awareness of bisexual books. [5] It appeared on reading lists promoted by the American Library Association on their 2014 Rainbow Book List, [6] the 2014 Popular Paperbacks List in the GLBTQ category, [7] and on ...