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　　Look Behind You! 就在你身后!

　　In winter in Britain, many children and adults enjoy going to the theatre to watch a pantomime. Pantomimes are a very old form of entertainment, but the modern version is as popular as ever.

　　Pantomimes today originate from a type of light, popular, comedy play from 16th Century Italy. Some aspects of modern pantomime date from this time, for example having stock characters who appear in different stories.

　　Pantomimes started to be performed in England in the 17th Century, and it was here that the comedy developed into slapstick - a clownish, physical comedy characterised by people falling over or fighting in a silly way.

　　In the 19th Century, Grimaldi, a famous clown, introduced the tradition of audience participation, a very important aspect of modern pantomime. He established catch phrases, which the audience would respond to by shouting a known response.

　　There are two very well-known catch phrases in modern British pantomime. The first is that a character will pretend not to see his enemy and ask the audience where he is. The audience shout out ‘Look behind you!’ The second is where a character pretends to have an argument with the audience using phrases like ‘Oh yes I did’ and ‘Oh no you didn’t!’

　　Pantomimes are based on folk stories or fairy tales like Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk or Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. The performances often include songs or music.

　　There are two stock characters who feature in almost every pantomime. The first is thepantomime dame, an older woman such as an aunt, usually played by a man. She usually has an outrageous costume and a bawdy sense of humour.

　　In addition, there is often a male character played by a young woman, called the principal boy. This is usually the hero of the story. The fact that actors are playing roles of the wrong gender is part of the joke.

　　Often, celebrities from the world of TV or pop music take leading roles in pantomimes, or ‘pantos’. You will find a pantomime in almost every theatre in Britain in wintertime…‘Oh yes you will!’

　　GLOSSARY 詞匯表

　　pantomime

　　(圣誕節上演的)話劇

　　originate from

　　起源于…

　　date from

　　起始于…

　　stock character

　　固定角色

　　slapstick

　　鬧劇, 滑稽戲

　　clownish

　　滑稽的

　　physical comedy

　　喜劇 (主要用肢體語言表達)

　　clown

　　小丑

　　audience participation

　　觀眾的參與

　　catch phrases

　　口頭禪, 套話

　　character

　　角色

　　based on

　　以…為基礎, 基于

　　folk stories

　　民間故事

　　fairy tales

　　神話故事

　　pantomime dame

　　話劇的女主角之一, 通常是指年歲較大的那位

　　played by

　　由…來演

　　bawdy

　　淫猥的, 下流的

　　principal boy

　　話劇的男主角

　　actors

　　演員

　　celebrities

　　社會名流

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