Pantomime dame

A pantomime dame is a traditional character in British Panto. It is a continuation of en travesti portrayal of female characters by male actors in drag. They are played in an extremely camp style, often by actors well-known for their sexuality or effeminacy.

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British - Panto - En travesti - Drag

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One example is Widow Twankey in the British pantomime version of the Aladdin story. In Monty Python's Flying Circus (Episode 30) non-British viewers were puzzled by the nature-film sequence in which the Pantomine 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..."

Related Topics:
Widow Twankey - Aladdin - Monty Python's Flying Circus

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