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Post by crabtree on Dec 5, 2024 21:39:28 GMT
I don't recall seeing a Principal Boy/Girl for many years. Lord, I hope the dame is not an endangered species.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Dec 5, 2024 23:50:12 GMT
The am dram and youth ones here still do reasonably often, but I haven't seen one in a professional pantomime for a long time.
I think it's possibly so producers can cast young soap heartthrobs who aren't funny enough to be a Buttons/Idle Jack-type character — if you have a Principal Boy, there isn't really a part for them.
Funnily enough, I've never seen Aladdin played by a woman. Jack (and the Beanstalk), Dick Whittington, Prince Charming and Dandini, yes, but never Aladdin.
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Post by crabtree on Dec 6, 2024 9:30:52 GMT
and I hesitate to even mention the 'chinese policemen'.
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