Noun

(en noun)

* Tylor

[He] saw a pantomime perform so well that he could follow the performance from the action alone.

(historical) The drama in ancient Greece and Rome featuring such performers; or (later) any of various kinds of performance modelled on such work.

(UK) A traditional theatrical entertainment, originally based on the commedia dell'arte, but later aimed mostly at children and involving physical comedy, topical jokes, and fairy-tale plots.

Gesturing without speaking; dumb-show, mime.

* 1851 ,

A staid, steadfast man, whose life for the most part was a telling pantomime of action, and not a tame chapter of sounds.

* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 26:

In pantomime , Chief Joyi would fling his spear and creep along the veld as he narrated the victories and defeats.

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, date=October 20 , author=Michael da Silva , title=Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.}}

Noun

(en noun)

A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.

* (rfdate) :

The theater is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, it is also the return of art to life.

A region where a particular action takes place; a specific field of action, usually with reference to war.

His grandfather was in the Pacific theater during the war.

A lecture theatre.

(medicine) An operating theatre or locale for human experimentation.

This man is about to die, get him into theater at once!

(US) A cinema.

We sat in the back row of the theater and threw popcorn at the screen.

Drama or performance as a profession or artform.

I worked in the theater for twenty-five years.