[Dixielandjazz] pantomime
Jerry Gordon
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Sun, 29 Dec 2002 23:08:57 -0500
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For the edification of all interested parties (others may delete
forthwith), here are the ONLINE-OED definitions of the noun PANTOMIME
(without the citations of earliest use):
1. A Roman actor, who performed in dumb show, representing by mimicry
various characters and scenes; hence, generally, a mimic actor; one who
represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words; a
pantomimist. Now only Hist.
2. ‘A kind of dramatic entertainment in which the performers express
themselves by gestures to the accompaniment of music, and which may be
called a prose ballet’ (Husk in Grove Dict. Mus.).
3. An English dramatic performance, originally consisting of action
without speech, but in its further development consisting of a dramatized
tale, the dénouement of which is a transformation scene followed by the
broad comedy of clown and pantaloon and the dancing of harlequin and
columbine. Now a feature of the Christmas holidays.
By the 20th century, the traditional form changed, with the loss of the
pantaloon and harlequin features. The entertainment, primarily for
children, is now based on the dramatization of a fairy tale or nursery
story, and includes songs and topical jokes, buffoonery and slapstick,
and standard characters such as a pantomime ‘dame’, played by a man, a
leading boy, played by a woman, and a pantomime animal, e.g. horse, cat,
goose, played by actors dressed in a comic costume, with some regional
variations.
4. Significant gesture without speech; dumb show.
5. attrib. passing into adj. a. Of the nature of pantomime (sense 2);
pantomimic. b. Of, belonging to, or characteristic of the pantomime
(sense 3). Also Comb.
And here's MIME:
1. Antiq. A performer in the dramatic pieces described in sense 4.
2. a. A mimic, jester, buffoon; a pantomimist.
b. in figurative context.
3. transf. and fig. An imitator.
4. a. Antiq. A kind of simple farcical drama among the Greeks and Romans,
characterized by mimicry and the ludicrous representation of familiar
types of character; a dialogue written for recital in a performance of
this kind. Also occasionally applied transf. to similar performances or
compositions in modern times.
b. (The art of) gesture, movement, etc. (as distinct from words) used to
express emotion and dramatic action or character; dumb show; = PANTOMIME
n. 4.
5. An imitation. Obs. rare.
6. attrib., as mime-ballet, -drama, -play, -writer; mime-man, a mimic.
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<DIV>For the edification of all interested parties (others may delete=20
forthwith), here are the ONLINE-OED definitions of the noun PANTOMIME (=
without=20
the citations of earliest use):</DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG>1.</STRONG> A Roman actor, who performed in dumb show, =
representing=20
by mimicry various characters and scenes; hence, generally, a mimic actor; =
one=20
who represents his meaning by gestures and actions without words; a =
pantomimist.=20
Now only <I>Hist.</I><!--end_def--> <BR><STRONG>2.</STRONG> =91A kind of =
dramatic=20
entertainment in which the performers express themselves by gestures to the=
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accompaniment of music, and which may be called a prose ballet=92 (Husk in =
Grove=20
<I>Dict. Mus.</I>).<!--end_def--> <BR> <!--start_def--><A=20
name=3D00170606-m3.a></A><B>3. </B>An English dramatic performance,=20
originally consisting of action without speech, but in its further =
development=20
consisting of a dramatized tale, the d=E9nouement of which is a =
transformation=20
scene followed by the broad comedy of clown and pantaloon and the dancing =
of=20
harlequin and columbine. Now a feature of the Christmas holidays. <A=20
name=3D00170606n1></A><BR> <FONT size=3D3><SMALL>By the 20th =
century, the=20
traditional form changed, with the loss of the pantaloon and harlequin =
features.=20
The entertainment, primarily for children, is now based on the =
dramatization of=20
a fairy tale or nursery story, and includes songs and topical jokes, =
buffoonery=20
and slapstick, and standard characters such as a pantomime =91dame=92, =
played by a=20
man, a leading boy, played by a woman, and a pantomime animal, e.g. horse, =
cat,=20
goose, played by actors dressed in a comic costume, with some regional=20
variations.</SMALL><!--end_def--> <BR><STRONG>4.</STRONG> Significant =
gesture=20
without speech; dumb show.<!--end_def--> <BR><B>5.</B> <I>attrib.</I>=
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passing into <I>adj.</I><!--end_def--><A=20
name=3D00170606def7></A> <!--start_def--><A=20
name=3D00170606-m5.a></A><B>a.</B> Of the nature of pantomime (sense 2);=20
pantomimic.<!--end_def--><A name=3D00170606def8></A>  =
;<!--start_def--><A=20
name=3D00170606-m5.b></A><B>b.</B> Of, belonging to, or characteristic of =
the=20
pantomime (sense 3). Also <I>Comb.</I><!--end_def--> <BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>And here's MIME:</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>1.</STRONG> <I>Antiq.</I> A performer in the dramatic pieces=20
described in sense 4.<!--end_def--> <BR><STRONG>2. a.</STRONG> A mimic, =
jester,=20
buffoon; a pantomimist.<!--end_def--> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>b.</STRONG> in figurative context.<!--end_def-->=20
<BR><STRONG>3.</STRONG> <I>transf.</I> and <I>fig.</I> An imitator.<!--end_=
def--> <BR><!--start_def--><B>4. a.</B> <I>Antiq.</I> A=20
kind of simple farcical drama among the Greeks and Romans, characterized by=
=20
mimicry and the ludicrous representation of familiar types of character; a=
=20
dialogue written for recital in a performance of this kind. Also =
occasionally=20
applied <I>transf.</I> to similar performances or compositions in modern =
times.<!--end_def--> <BR><STRONG>b.</STRONG> (The art of) gesture, movement=
,=20
etc. (as distinct from words) used to express emotion and dramatic action =
or=20
character; dumb show; =3D <NOBR><A=20
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target=3D_top><!--open_smallcaps--><SMALL><FONT size=3D3>PANTOMIME</FONT></=
SMALL><!--close_smallcaps--></A></NOBR> <I>n.</I> 4.<!--end_def--> <BR><=
STRONG>5.</STRONG> An imitation. <I>Obs.</I> <I>rare</I>.<!--end_def--> <BR=
><STRONG>6.</STRONG> <I>attrib.</I>, as <A=20
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<A=20
name=3D00146958se2></A><B><I><!--start_lemma--><!--start_il--><!--shw:mime-=
->-drama<!--end_il--><!--end_lemma--></I></B>,=20
<A=20
name=3D00146958se3></A><B><I><!--start_lemma--><!--start_il--><!--shw:mime-=
->-play<!--end_il--><!--end_lemma--></I></B>,=20
<A=20
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