Sources and Notes

 Sources for Pantomime Project:

https://youtu.be/n_1apYo6-Ow

https://www.jstor.org/stable/24400153?searchText=%28pantomime%29+AND+%28history%29&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dhistory%26prq%3Dpantomime%26swp%3Don&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2%2Fcontrol&refreqid=fastly-default%3A437b436151dbaadfdaae370596fedf32#metadata_info_tab_contents

https://www.britannica.com/summary/mime-and-pantomime

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/13469/13469-h/13469-h.htm

https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Q7urDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=british+pantomime+clown&ots=UidWm5gbVd&sig=EIc_hNp6ZhUG_tRY4EtUPqFS7cE#v=onepage&q&f=false

Pantomime started in Greece

Pantomime is the art of performance without text through gestures

Mime was created in 5th century bc - could been figuratively in nature

Pantomime branched into roman pantomime in 100th century bc

Pantomime was a tradition to watch

Changed in 16th century to comedia dellara

19thc entury was then known as good child entertainment - silenced

Created from harlequinade after pieces

Has acrobatics, juggling and is more on the rairy tale side

Mid 19th century became tradition for christmas

Cliwn character- not adding to the [lot but is humorous to all audiences

Gammer gurton’s needle first comedy

Original a dumb show

Ahrlequin and scaramouch 

Harlequin, and clown appeared in first british comedy

Novelty: or An act of the Play - first comedy appearance

Clown wear indian dress- white, red, orange, yellow,green - animated and witty, red wig, paint on face - like a storm- laugh like storm- 

1702 was the time of the first show in england

Markeying - safe, familiar, nostalgic

Originally commercials

Should have anarchy and participation