What year did pantomime begin?

Answer 1

1673

Answer 2

The origins of British Pantomime or "Panto" as it is known in the UK, date back to the middle ages, and blend the traditions of the Italian "Commedia dell' Arte, and the British Music hall to produce the art form that is Pantomime. Commedia spread across Europe from Italy to France and by the middle of the 17th century began to be popular in England. The Commedia dell'art characters first began to appear in English plays around 1660. And such was the success of Commedia in England that intense rivalry soon sprang up between the theatres producing it. Within two days of a new performance opening at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre in 1716, a show with an almost identical title opened at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane. That was the first tenuous beginning of English pantomime. The "Panto" became institutionalised in the UK where its base origins as we know today were around 1905. This developed with such shows as Peter Pan where JM Barry invited the children of local hostel to view a show with what were then were privileged adults. The addition of children added atmosphere to the story telling. Other such theme were Snow White, Cinderella and Dick whittington who in real life became the Mayor of London. All of these used slap stick humour, audience interaction

Answer 3

The actual first versions of Pantomine were related to the early Greeks. These were plays with music and rhyme. However, the foirst formal "panto" which we recognise today in the way it was produced and delivered was "Cinderella" this was in 1804, a production at Drury Lane, London. Director. Mr. Byrne

Answer 4

It began around the 1600s.

Answer 5

Around the 1800's I should think

Answer 6

from Chaplin