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A pantomime dame is a traditional character in British pantomime. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Pantomime (informally panto) (not to be confused with a Mime artist, referring to a theatrical performer of mime is a performance genre traditionally found It is a continuation of en travesti portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag. En travesti (literally "cross-dressed" was the conventional theatrical portrayal of women by male actors in drag. Drag in its broadest sense means any clothing one wears however the traditional use of the term is for any Costume or outfit that carries symbolic significance They are played either in an extremely camp style, often but not exclusively by actors well-known for their homosexuality or effeminacy, or else by men acting 'butch' in women's clothing.

One example is Widow Twankey in the British pantomime version of the Aladdin story. Widow Twankey is a female character in the Pantomime Aladdin. Aladdin (an Anglicisation of the Arabic name (originally Syrian Alāʼ ad-Dīn, Arabic: علاء الدين literally "nobility of the faith" In Monty Python's Flying Circus (Episode 30) non-British viewers were puzzled by the nature-film sequence in which the Pantomime Princess Margaret, lurking in the undergrowth harpooned a silver breakfast tray that was scuttling down the woodland trail: "The unsuspecting breakfast glides ever closer to its doom. Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC Sketch comedy . . "

Notable Pantomime Dames in Britain


Tea refers to the cured agricultural product of the leaves leaf buds and internodes of Camellia sinensis, which have been prepared and cured for the market Danny La Rue OBE was born on 26 July[[ 927]] as Daniel Patrick Carroll in County Cork, is an entertainer known for his drag Harry Relph, known on the stage as ' Little Tich', ( July 21, 1867 - February 10, 1928) was an English Music hall Jack Tripp ( February 4, 1922 - July 10, 2005) was a British comic Actor best known for his many performances as a Pantomime Tommy Trafford ( December 30, 1927 – March 20, 1993) was a Lancashire Comedian and a noted Pantomime dame.
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