Together with Theodore Komisarjevsky, he staged a number of " harlequinades " and " monodramas " as part of his new project, " The Merry Theatre for Aged Children ".
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An often elaborate magical transformation scene, presided over by a fairy, connected the unrelated stories, changing the first part of the pantomime, and its characters, into the harlequinade.
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Robert Soutar ( Nellie Farren's husband ) acted as director / stage manager, with John D'Auban choreographing the Harlequinade that was played at the end of the pantomime.
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He performed several times as the clown in pantomimes and harlequinades before cultivating a reputation for playing the man-monkey, an act he toured the country with, finding much success.
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Grimaldi quickly became the most famous Clown in London, gradually transforming the Clown character from a pratfalling country bumpkin into the most important character in the harlequinade, more important even than Harlequin.
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This year's offering includes Robbins's humorous " Concert, " set to Chopin, and Balanchine's fairy tale " Harlequinade, " with music by Drigo.
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By the 1800s, therefore, children went to the theatre around the Christmas and New Year holiday ( and often at Easter or other times ) primarily to witness the craziness of the harlequinade chase scene.
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She debuted at the Stenborg Theatre 2 April 1789, in a so-called Harlequinade, " Arlequin Favirot-sultaninna " ( The favourite sultaness of Harlequin ) at the age of nineteen.
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The second version that is performed with regularity is the choreographer George Balanchine's version, given under the title " Harlequinade ", originally staged for the New York City Ballet in 1965.
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One of his earliest appearances was in Alexander Blok's " The Puppet Show " ( 1906 ), called by one theater-historian " the greatest example of the harlequinade in Russia ".
