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Harlequinade
Entertainment popular in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries, in which the principal characters were derived from the Italian commedia dell'arte. The story followed a set pattern, with the frantic pursuit of the eloping lovers Harlequin and Columbine by the father or guardian Pantaloon and his servant Pierrot. The genre was a combination of music and mime, and machinery was used to create striking stage effects.
In the 19th century, Joseph Grimaldi made Clown, a new character, into the central figure, and a tradition grew up by which the opening scene was based on a well-known fairy story. This grew in importance and developed into the British pantomime, while the harlequinade dwindled into an appendage and, in the 20th century, disappeared altogether.
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Absurd, Theatre of the
act
audience
black humour
blank verse
burlesque
character
comedy
comedy of humours
comedy of ideas
comedy of manners
commedia dell'arte
dialogue
discourse
drama
dramatic monologue
duologue
epic theatre
expressionism (literature)
farce
form (literature)
genre
gesture
harlequinade
improvisation (arts)
kitchen-sink drama
melodrama
mime
monologue
naturalism
pantomime
performance art
play
plot
role
satire
scene
script (theatre)
situation comedy
soliloquy
stage direction
theatre
theme
tragedy
tragicomedy
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