Saturday, January 16, 2010

The Fonz Does English Pantomime

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The Christmas pantomime is what remains of the old harlequinade, the cauldron for physical comedy in 19th-century England.

Click here to read the whole NY Times article.

Click here to read about the harlequinade in my book Clowns.

1 comment:

  1. Great.. That's what I call comedy. Very funny. Interesting article!

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