dumb show

n.1. A part of a play, especially in medieval and Renaissance drama, that is enacted without speaking.2. Communication or acting by means of expressive gestures; pantomime.

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n1. (Theatre) a part of a play acted in pantomime, popular in early English drama2. meaningful gestures; mime

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n. 1. a part of a dramatic representation given in pantomime, common in early English drama. 2. gestures without speech. [1555–65] dumb′-show`, adj.

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dumb show - a performance using gestures and body movements without wordspantomime, mimeacting, performing, playacting, playing - the performance of a part or role in a dramapanto - an abbreviation of pantomime

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a theatrical pantomime included as part of a drama, especially in Elizabethan works, from the middle of the 16th cent. well into the 17th cent. Whether presented as a spectacle, with music, or as a masque with the players as allegorical characters, the dumb show appeared as prologue, between the acts, or during the play itself. It usually either presaged the events of the play or interpreted them as a chorus does.

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a part of a play acted in pantomime, popular in early English drama

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noun a performance using gestures and body movements without words

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