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... pm. Tickets £7-£25. O Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh. The Scottish Ballet 2 in a programme of short pleces which include Harlequinade — Pas de Deux, Shoals of Herring, a duet evoking the spirit of Scottish life, and Five Brahms Waltzes in the manner of ...

Published: Friday 07 May 1993
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 115 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

WORLD Friday Dacambar 1M4 23 1 the panto traditions THE pantomime has a veiy long histoiy It goes back in

... developed into a play the Harlequinade which included various obligatory characters such as Scaramouche Harlequin columbine the country farmer and his wife and a number of performing animals usually dogs The-first of the Harlequinades came to Britain in 1717 ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1994
Newspaper: Airdrie & Coatbridge World
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 594 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

topical resonances

... towering figure of Simon Williams oonvincinh;ly passing himself off as The Winslow Boy or camping it up as a stage manager in Harlequinade;the rapid arms fire of Moray Watson’s cross-examination of The Winslow Boy or his guilty bluster as the major in Separate ...

Published: Saturday 09 February 1991
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 191 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

History of the panto traditions THE pantomime has a very long history It goes back in fact to the Romans

... developed into a play the Harlequinade which included various obligatory characters such as Scaramouche Harlequin columbine the country farmer and his wife and a number of performing animals usually dogs The first of the Harlequinades came to Britain in 1717 ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1994
Newspaper: Wishaw World
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 649 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

History of the panto traditions THE pantomime has very long history It goes back in tact to Romans if not

... developed into a play the Harlequinade which included various obligatory characters such as Scaramouche Harlequin columbine the country farmerand his wife and number of performing animals usually dogs The first of the Harlequinades to Britain in 1717 By 1758 ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1994
Newspaper: Hamilton World
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 648 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

1920

... 1920 for pro- Mt m;am Nignt ~ . M.uunonm tion of Androcles and Harlequinade (by Dion mw“ followed by mml repertory; mmfl Duck, and Moliere's Marriage Force 1914 A Midsummer Night's Dream at Bennett's Great 1930 Airship RlOl destroyed on first flight ; ...

Published: Sunday 26 April 1992
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 149 | Page: 57 | Tags: none

(The Tragical Comedy Or Comical Tragedy of) Mr Punch e Augustine’s Theatre » »

... feels clumsy and obvious, ‘and lacking in the wit and precision that the original - commedia and its English offshoot the harlequinade surely called for. The fights in particular go on for fartoo long.” . - While this has its moments (there isa. - great ...

Published: Thursday 13 August 1998
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 260 | Page: 67 | Tags: none

History of THE pantomime has a very long history It goes back in fact to the Romans if not before

... developed into a play the Harlequinade which included various obligatory characters such as Scaramouche Harlequin columbine the country farmer and his wife and a number of performing animals usually dogs The first of the Harlequinades came to Britain in 1717 ...

Published: Friday 02 December 1994
Newspaper: East Kilbride World
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 654 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

Bossi’s march to break e leng faces chal aly up It JOSEPH FARRELL

... conceived to echo Gandhi's march to the sea to protest aliilxilmt British rule in India, and while elements of histrionics and harlequinade are associated with each of Mr Bossi's sestures. it will not do to unerestimate the man. The problem is that no-one in ...

Published: Monday 26 August 1996
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 265 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

Opera windfa

... aria Vesti la giubba (On with the Motley) is one of the most famous in Italian opera. Based on a true story, it features a harlequinade performance which ends in a real-life murder. Founded in 1933, the opera company features handpicked artists from the Romanian ...

Published: Thursday 16 May 1996
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 239 | Page: 16 | Tags: none

‘Macbeth’ portrayal highlight of ballet

... time. In the Volunteer Hall we moved from the formal setting of “Scarlatti and Friends”, through the irreverent theme of “Harlequinade”, to the futuristic format of “Belong”. This ‘potpourri’ approach is no doubt dictated by budgetary or logistical constraints ...

Published: Thursday 11 February 1993
Newspaper: Southern Reporter
County: Selkirkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 325 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Punching home the message

... onewoman show Crying For The Moon. The followins night Scottish Ballet present a classical production of five pieces — Harlequinade, Shoals Of Herring, Belong, Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan, and Coppelia. WINGED Horse visit the Brunton ...

Published: Thursday 29 April 1993
Newspaper: Edinburgh Evening News
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 284 | Page: 23 | Tags: none