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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.
The characters in sentimental comedy are either strictly good or bad. Heroes have no faults or bad habits, villains are thoroughly evil or morally degraded. [2] The authors' purpose was to show the audience the innate goodness of people and that through morality people who have been led astray can find the path of righteousness.
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 extent) in other English-speaking countries, especially during the Christmas and New Year season.
The manuscript of the score shows two songs, "Pantomime" and "Mandolin", which were later removed; they were later published separately. [4] The score was published in 1903 and the songs were first performed at the house of Madame Édouard Colonne on 16 June 1904. Debussy had already set all three of the poems in the first book in 1882.
American pantomime, panto for short, refers to works of theatrical entertainment that have been presented in the United States of America since 1876. The works are derived from the entertainment genre of pantomime that developed in England, presented either as they are in Britain or adapted for the American stage and tailored to American audiences.
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Panto may refer to: Pantomime , a genre of musical comedy stage production, developed in England and mostly performed during Christmas and New Year season American pantomime , theatre entertainments in North America derived from the English entertainment genre of Pantomime
In Shrewsbury, Weaver embarked on a book of his own. In An Essay towards an History of Dancing, [2] published in London in 1712, he admiringly recounts the achievements of the dancers – the mimes and pantomimes – of classical antiquity. He also appraises the stage dancing of his own time, setting down his ideas for its reform.