harlequinade

  • 11harlequinade — n 1. farce, travesty, lampoon, caricature; pantomime, dumb show, charade. 2. buffoonery, clownery, clownishness, foolery, tomfoolery, Inf. shenanigans, Sl. monkeyshines …

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  • 12harlequinade — har·le·quin·ade …

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  • 13harlequinade — har•le•quin•ade [[t]ˌhɑr lə kwɪˈneɪd, kɪ [/t]] n. 1) sbz a pantomime, farce, or similar play in which Harlequin plays the principal part 2) buffoonery • Etymology: 1770–80; < F arlequinade …

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  • 14harlequinade — /haləkwəˈneɪd/ (say hahluhkwuh nayd) noun 1. a pantomime or similar play in which the harlequin plays the principal part. 2. buffoonery. See commedia dell arte (def. 1). {French arlequinade} …

  • 15harlequinade — n. 1 the part of a pantomime featuring Harlequin. 2 a piece of buffoonery. Etymology: F arlequinade (as HARLEQUIN) …

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  • 16АРЛЕКИНАДА — (Harlequinade); этим именем нередко называлась скерцообразная часть в старинных сюитах …

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  • 17Pantomime — For other uses, see Pantomime (disambiguation). The Christmas Pantomime colour lithograph bookcover, 1890, showing the harlequinade characters Pantomime (informally, panto) not to be confused with a mime artist, a theatrical performer of mime is… …

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  • 18Marius Petipa — Maestro Marius Ivanovich Petipa, Premier Maître de Ballet of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres. St. Petersburg, 1887. Birth name Marius Alphonse Petipa …

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  • 19Les Millions d'Arlequin — (a.k.a. Harlequinade ) is a ballet in two acts with libretto and choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Riccardo Drigo. First presented at the Imperial Theatre of the Hermitage by the Imperial Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia on… …

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  • 20Harlequin Valentine — is a bloody and romantic short story (1999) and graphic novel (2001) based on the old Commedia dell arte and Harlequinade pantomime. Both the short story and the graphic novel were written by Neil Gaiman. The latter was drawn by John Bolton, and… …

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