... without a harlequinade, yince the beginning of the present century, the opening of the pantomime had been tagged on to the harlequinade.— -His Honour: Do you yourself recollect a time when there was nothing in the pantomime but the harlequinade?— Witness: ...

... century, spectacle was eclipsed by the advent of the Commedia dell'Arte, forerunner of the harlequinade. This Italian entertainment became the rage and harlequinade reigned ' supreme. Gradually the occasional dances between Harlequin and Punch or Harlequin ...

... is tbo reception given the Harlequinade. For tho most part the ondfence to nut on their cloaks and make move for the doors, or, at any rato, •toy with an ill-disguiscd air of boredom. Yet . as matter of fact, the harlequinade is vcally tho root from which ...

... columbine. such parents the curtailment of the harlequinade a distinct disapfiointment if not offence. will undertake say a poll of the realm were taken the question of retaining or abolishing the harlequinade, the result wouki an overwhelming favour of ...

... it came about that the Harlequinade was dropped In the early 1880's. (begin The transformation scene soon followed and now there is just the fairy story. Many years ago the late Francis Laidler tried a revival of the Harlequinade in one of his pantomimes ...

... impossible to have a pantomime, known such without a harlequinade ; a pieoe is not called a pantomime without harlequinade. Sometimes the opening of a pantomime was played and was denuded of the harlequinade. Many old burlesques were turned into pantomimes ...

... Rattigan, consisting of the drama. The Browning Version. and a farce. Harlequinade In the former Roy Bcnce was outstanding as the schoolmaster. He also took the lead in Harlequinade. in which he was well supported by Marion Handley, Richard Waterhouse ...

... ed tricks of the harlequinade. They decided to adopt the style of the extravaganza, and turn the pantopime into a fairy Tale with an elaborate spectacle, a grand “transformation scene, and. deference to tradition, a few harlequinade scenes tacked on ...

... Yorkshire stars in _Leeds premiere There will he two Yorkshire stars in Terence Ratigan's new play Harlequinade whicsl. 'Tpens at the Leeds G rai .d heatre on Monday, before going to London. Leeds-born Thelma Ruby will be appearing in the theatre where ...

... (c 117 t of a troupe of French nantorn im sts and was further develoned by the advent of the great Joseph Grimaldi. His harlequinades. all in dumb Anw. were the real pantomimes: Mother Goose, among them. was one of his most succes;ful. and had extensive ...

... HARLEQUINADE, “BLACK AND WHITE to the creat demand for Seats Pert oes (MAREFT f NL sand for Seats. ...

... introduced, and the harlequinade dwindled away. In the eighteen-nineties music-hall artistes were engaged for the comic numbers. With the decline of clown and his sausages and red-hot pokers and other simple paraphernalia of the harlequinade, spectacle once ...