Harlequinade
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Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in Eng
An 1890 bookcover showing the harlequinade characters
John Rich as Harlequin with batte, c. 1720
Illustration of the Harlequinade in The Forty Thieves (1878), showing Swell, Pantaloon, Harlequin, Columbine (above), Clown and Policeman
The Payne Brothers as Clown and Harlequin, c. 1875
Pantomime
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Pantomime is a type of musical comedy stage production designed for family entertainment, generally combining broad and topical humour and cross-dressing actors with a story more or less based on a we
Harlequinade
…Harlequinade is an English comic theatrical genre, defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th centuries. It was originally a slapstick…
2nd-century Macedonian theatrical sculpture, thought to represent a pantomime's mask
Playbill of an English circus and pantomime performance, 1803