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The Romans always liked to see their stages well peopled; and to help in the action of their Pantomimes, a chorus accompanied with music, formed part of the entertainment. The Mimis and Mimas, like the ballet of the present day, provided the dances in addition to their Pantomimic Art of posing and posturing. Mr.
Introduction of the Roman Pantomimic Art into Britain First English reference to the word Pantomime The fall of the Roman Empire The sacred play Cornish Amphitheatres Pantomimical and Lyrical elements in the sacrifice of the Mass Christian banishment of the Mimis Penalties imposed by the Church St. Anthony on Harlequin and Punch Vandenhoff what we owe to the Mimis.
Xenophon mentions the tale of "Bacchus and Ariadne," Pantomimically played, and Martial tells us he saw the whole story of "Pasiphae," minutely represented on the stage of the Mimis, and Plautus, in his epilogue to "Casina," has "Nunc vos aequim est, manibus meritis, Meritam mercedem dare. Qui faxit, clam uxorem, ducat scortum Semper quod volet.
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