Definition of Dumb show

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pantomime, mime show, show with bodily gestures only
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dumb show
n : a performance using gestures and body movements without words [syn: mime, pantomime]



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Noun
1. a performance using gestures and body movements without words
(synonym) mime, pantomime
(hypernym) acting, playing, playacting, performing
(hyponym) panto
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Dumb Show is a play by Joe Penhall.

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Dumbshow, also dumb show or dumb-show, is a traditional term for pantomime in drama, actions presented by actors onstage without spoken dialogue. It is similar to the masque. The term is most often used in regard to medieval drama and English Renaissance theatre, though it can apply in other pertinent contexts as well, as with the dammari pantomime of Kabuki theater.

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