Pantomimes

Pantomimes are a lot of fun, but also a lot of work.

Archive 2007-10-01 DAVID BISHOP 2007

Pantomimes and gestures were the order of the day for two sailors fresh off ship somewhere in Old Yugoslavia.

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The Pantomimes, or, as they have been described, the continual

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Pantomimes made more attractive -- The Restrictive Policy of the Patent

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

How different (he says) were the Christmas Pantomimes of my younger days.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

Grecian Mysteries, like those of the Egyptians, consisted of processions, sacrificial offerings, purifications, dances, and all that the Mimetic and the other Arts could convey; add to this the various coloured lights, and the fairy-like grandeur of the whole, we have something that may be likened to the Transformation, and other fairy-like scenes of English Pantomimes and Extravaganzas.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

In depicting the conduct of man so faithfully, the Pantomimes of the Greek Mimes served to teach and inculcate useful moral lessons.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

English Pantomimes, and there is, I believe, a costly tomb erected to his memory in Hillingdon Church-yard, Middlesex.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

It is only just to assign to Weaver the entire credit of being the first to introduce Pantomimes on the English stage, though the author's original bent was "scenical dancing," or ballet dancing, by representations of historical incidents with graceful motion.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

All this love of spectacular display soon began to supersede the good old-fashioned Christmas Pantomimes.

A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent