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	Pantomime - LoveToKnow 1911
		Were it not for this addition, it would be difficult to define modern pantomime so as to distinguish it from the masque; and the least rational of English dramatic species would have to be regarded as essentially identical with another to which English literature owes some of its choicest fruit.
		Indeed, in Germany, where the term pantomime was not used, a rude form of dramatic buffoonery, corresponding to the coarser sides of the modern English species so-called, long flourished, and threw back for centuries the progress of the regular drama.
		Columbine (originally in Italian comedy Harlequin's daughter) was generally a village maiden courted by her adventurous lover, whom village constables pursued, thus performing the laborious part of the policeman of the modern harlequinade.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Pantomime (1766 words)

	pantomime — FactMonster.com
		Pantomime was popular in ancient Rome, where it was often explained by songs or simple action.
		Pantomime - Pantomime (3 syl.), according to etymology, should be all dumb show, but in modern practice it is...
		Pierrot - Pierrot Pierrot [Fr.,=little Peter], character in French pantomime.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0837510.html (182 words)

	Pantomime - Uncyclopedia
		The British know Pantomime as the name of a form of theatre; when actors are too old, lazy, or dull to appear in anything else, they can spend their lonely Christmas time on the stage with minor celebrities and that bloke who used to be on that show with that woman who married a footballer.
		Most sinister of the characters is the pantomime horse - not really a horse at all, but a zebra painted brown.
		Pantomime runs a close second to the Clown in succeeding to involve children in satanic rituals thinly disguised as entertainment.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Pantomime (231 words)

	BANGLAPEDIA: Pantomime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pantomime developed in England in the 18th century, but was often a ballet with several performers rather than a one-person show.
		While pantomimes used to be performed sporadically at village fairs, the pantomime as a performing art form in Bangladesh emerged only in the early seventies.
		The possibilities of the pantomime as a new medium for the stage were first demonstrated in Bangladesh by the performance of the American pantomimist, Adam Darius, at the Engineers' Institute in 1975.
	banglapedia.org /HT/P_0079.HTM (504 words)

	Pantomime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pantomime is an animation engine that is capable of rendering a 3D world inhabited by a variety of dynamic graphical objects.
		Pantomime is written in C++ on the Windows platform and uses Open Inventor from TGS as its scene graph manager and rendering layer.
		Pantomime was developed at the Gesture and Narrative Language group of the MIT Media Lab.
	www.isi.edu /~hannes/projects/pantomime (803 words)

	StreetSwing's Dance History Archives - Mime / Pantomime Dance Page - Main1
		Pantomime and Mime are generally used interchangeably today by the uninformed public, but originally was and still does mean two different things.
		Pantomime originated out of Mime from Greece and landed in Italy where it became an every day occurrence that was to become very popular.
		During Caesar's time period (Rome), mime was to be developed into Pantomime, masked dancers (Pantomimi) would use body movements and gestures to tell their stories in silence, or maybe because of a language barrier, to interpret to foreign dignitaries, these stories were usually about mythology or legend as well as comedy skits.
	www.streetswing.com /histmain/z3mime.htm (1127 words)

	Pantomime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Colley Cibber and his colleagues competed with Rich and produced their own pantomimes, and pantomime was a substantial (if decried) subgenre in Augustan drama.
		The pantomime horse or cow, played by two actors in a single costume, one as the head and front legs, the other as the body and back legs.
		However in modern times, the value of these celebrities in provincial pantomime, either as actors or attractions, is sometimes questionable with erstwhile soap stars, comedians or sportsmen reviving a declining public career.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pantomime (1217 words)

	The History and Tradition - It's Behind You Dot Com
		Pantomime, as we know it today is a show predominantly aimed at children, based on a popular fairy tale or folk legend.
		Pantomime had its first real star, and by this time the elements of comedy songs and slapstick were firmly rooted, as they have remained to this present day.
		The audience of the future- not just Pantomime, but live theatre could be fostered by the experience of sitting in a darkened auditorium, not a couch in front of a flickering screen, and watching the magic of Pantomime.
	www.its-behind-you.com /history.html (2964 words)

	Getting up a Pantomime
		But although familiarity with the inner life of a pantomime may breed a certain contempt for the organized orgies of the "Comic Scenes," it cannot have the effect of rendering one indifferent to the curious people to whose combined exertion the institution owes its existence.
		They are not of the class of "butterfly-supers," who take to the business at pantomime time, as a species of remunerative relaxation; they are at it, and have been at it all the year round since their early boyhood.
		The attraction of a pantomime ends with the "transformation," and the scenes that follow are merely apologies for those that go before.
	www.victorianweb.org /books/mcdonnell/pantomime.html (2514 words)

	pantomime. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Pantomime was popular in ancient Rome, where it was often explained by songs or simple action.
		The traditional characters of pantomime take their origin in the Italian commedia dell’arte of the 16th cent.
		English pantomime, originated by John Rich, was more pageant than pantomime, and in 1818, when J. Planche began his extravaganzas with “speaking openings,” pantomime in England became a dramatic spectacle with songs and speeches.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/pantomim.html (209 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - PANTOMIME PALES for some - Sunday \| April 6, 2003
		As a result, being invited to be a part of the pantomime was important to a performer because of the exposure it brought, as well as because of the experience and the importance of the stories told.
		Gloudon remarked that being in the pantomime is particularly beneficial because it is a constant training ground.
		She noted that she came to the pantomime because of a love for the stage rather than a love for the pantomime itself.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030406/ent/ent1.html (1747 words)

	Wikinfo \| Pantomime
		Pantomime is a branch of theatre in which the performer uses no voice but acts out the performance using only motion, body language and gesture.
		In the UK, pantomime (or panto) has come to mean a non-silent form of theatre, incorporating song, dance, buffoonery, and satire, traditionally performed at Christmas, with audiences consisting mainly of children.
		Pantomimes tend to be loosely based on traditional children's stories, and there is only a small number of basic themes and titles, the most popular being:
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=pantomime (271 words)

	The Old English Pantomime
		The old English pantomime was modeled with certain modifications upon the masque of the Elizabethan and the Stuart days, which by its gorgeous scenery and mechanical effects anticipated the spectacular displays of a later date.
		Early in 1723 the managers of Drury Lane, in rivalry with Rich, produced a pantomime by one Thurmond, a dancing-master, entitled Harlequin Doctor Faustus, which, constructed on a much more elaborate scale than those hitherto given at Lincoln's Inn Fields, may be considered as the first English pantomime.
		A continuous rivalry was now carried on between the two theatres, and pantomime became the great attraction at both; for while at Drury Lane Booth, Wilks, Cibber and Mrs.
	www.theatrehistory.com /british/bates002.html (629 words)

	Pantomime economics of fifty years ago by Donald Auty
		Running pantomimes in the fifties was a great deal different economically than it is today.
		The average cost of a pantomime running for ten weeks would be around £l500 a week the theatre costs £800.
		The pantomime cost the producer £15000 the theatre costs were £8000 leaving the producer a profit of £11700 over the ten week season and they all had a minimum of six pantomimes which left them with £70200 clear profit.
	www.arthurlloyd.co.uk /Panto.htm (544 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for pantomime
		pantomime PANTOMIME [pantomime] or mime [Grall in mimic], silent form of the drama in which the story is developed by movement, gesture, facial expression, and stage properties.
		He became famous for his introduction of the pantomime character Pierrot at the Théâtre des Funambules.
		Pantomime, for so long just a bad joke, has become respectable this year with top actors, writers and directors lending their names " and artistic credibility " to the genre.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=pantomime (688 words)

	Welcome to the LTM Pantomime
		One of the first LTM undertakings was the launching of the tradition now known as the National Pantomime.
		Auditions for the Pantomime will be announced in the press shortly.
		Potential candidates must be prepared to sing, dance and act at the audition.
	www.ltmpantomime.com (233 words)

	Culture UK - what makes the Britsh so ... British! Pantomime
		Pantomimes take place around the Christmas period and are nearly always based on well known children's stories such as Peter Pan, Aladdin, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty etc. Pantomimes are performed not only in the best theatres in the land but also in village halls throughout Britain.
		Slapstick is another important part of a British pantomime - the throwing of custard pies, the ugly sisters (who are always played by men) falling over, lots of silly costumes including of course, the pantomime horse which is played by two people in a horses costume.
		It is generally acknowledged that British pantomime is modelled on the early masques of the Elizabethan and Stuart days.
	www.historic-uk.com /CultureUK/Pantomime.htm (395 words)

	What is a pantomime anyway?
		Pantomime is a curious entertainment - a form of ritual theatre staged around the winter solstice.
		Little Red Riding Hood is not so common in pantomime form, partly because the story essentially has four characters - the heroine, the wolf, the grandmother and the woodcutter - so needs a bit of work to turn it into a successful pantomime.
		Steve Shaw's Robinson Crusoe takes its title from the novel by Daniel Defoe, but since the pantomime tradition does not leave much room for solitary castaways, the plot voyages a long way from the original, and Crusoe's desert island is populated by a tribe of islanders and an eccentric gorilla.
	www.lazybeescripts.co.uk /Panto.htm (1507 words)

	Jamaica Gleaner - A pleasant children's pantomime - Friday \| December 28, 2001
		By its very nature, the Pantomime is a purveyor of light entertainment and too many young (or immature) minds learnt from the Pantomime that theatre meant frivolity.
		Happily, the LTM and the pantomime are not synonymous and the organisation does more than produce the Pantomime.
		In the current Pantomime, Chicken Merry, Hawk Deh Near, there are other welcome signs that the LTM is not -- as had seemed to be the case for some years -- mired in the mud of longevity.
	www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20011228/ent/ent3.html (958 words)

	Theater Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pantomime or mime is acting without using your voice.
		Keep it simple- In Pantomime the storyline must be simple for the audience to understand it.
		Be Great!- In pantomime, difficulties and solutions can be less realistic, more creative, and more fantastic than those in a realistic improvisation with dialogue (spoken words).
	www.baltimoretheatre.org /theatergames.html (4072 words)

	Pantomime horse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A pantomime horse (there are also pantomime cows and other animals) is a theatrical representation of a horse or other ungulate by two actors in a single costume who cooperate and synchronize their movements.
		Pantomime horses feature prominently in an episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus titled Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror.
		In the Merchant Banker sketch, two pantomime horses are forced to fight to the death for their job.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pantomime_horse (324 words)

	PeoplePlay UK - Where do Pantomime Stories come from?
		Pantomimes such as 'Harlequin and the Tyrant of Gobblemupandshrunkemdowno', and 'The Doomed Princess of the Fairy Hall with Forty Blood-red Pillars', told imaginative stories dominated by tomfoolery and slapstick.
		By the 1870s the fashion for Harlequinades was dying out and most pantomimes were drawing on fairy tales and nursery rhymes such as Aladdin, Cinderella and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
		She and her mother attempted to dispose of her husband the Count by falsely accusing him of treason, and when the plot failed, Madame d'Aulnoy was forced to flee the country for fifteen years.
	www.peopleplayuk.org.uk /guided_tours/pantomime_tour/the_origins_of_pantomime_stories/where.php (651 words)

	JOMI - Josef Michael Kreutzer, Pantomime: Startpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The general public continues to regard pantomime as an agreeable yet harmonizing form of artistic expression — a source of amusement and entertainment.
		The particular interest of JOMI (JOsef MIchael Kreutzer) is in counteracting this prejudice, since in his opinion it is pantomime as a non-linguistic form of expression independent of national borders that has a duty to manifest social criticism.
		For this reason JOMI has devoted a large part of his repertoire to political and social problems, while induding satirical scenes, since he does not want his audience to forget how to laugh.
	www.pantomime-jomi.de /e-anfang.htm (134 words)

	Pantomime - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Pantomime, or panto, in its modern British usage, a form of entertainment based on folktales and stock characters, popular during the Christmas...
		Words (quotations): Acting and Actors: Words can be deceitful, but pantomime…
		Words can be deceitful, but pantomime necessarily is simple, clear and direct.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Pantomime.html (132 words)

	Pantomime
		Pantomime This paper is about pantomime, about it’s origin, it’s people, how it has evolved, and how wonderful it is. Pantomime is a dramatic performance in which a story is told or a theme developed through expressive bodily or facial movement.
		When doing pantomime, it should be noted that the imaginative performance skills are illusion and illustration.
		For example, bees do pantomime when telling others where nectar is, and peacocks use pantomime to impress a mate.
	www.freeessays.cc /db/49/toi204.shtml (1043 words)

	Cinderella Bib. - Pantomime
		A previous acquaintance with the subject is needful for the thorough enjoyment of pantomimic action, though the rule has not always been acted upon either in ancient or modern times, and in some instances been mistaken altogether.
		Serious pantomimes were once as frequent as comic; and it is recorded that they were occasionally found so pathetic that both actors and audiences were equally affected.
		Cinderella: A Pantomime: An accurate description of the grand allegorical pantomimic spectacle of Cinderella, as performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane; to which is added, A critique on the performance and performers by a lover of the drama, together with the story of Cinderella, London: J. Fairburn, 1804.
	www.lib.rochester.edu /camelot/cinder/cin8.htm (18790 words)

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