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Definition of Dumb show
1. Noun. A performance using gestures and body movements without words.
Generic synonyms: Acting, Performing, Playacting, Playing
Specialized synonyms: Panto
Derivative terms: Mime, Mimic, Pantomime, Pantomimist
Definition of Dumb show
1. Noun. (theater) A performance during which the players do not speak. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumb Show
Literary usage of Dumb show
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"That he should be ignorant of the dumb-show is unthinkable. ... Greg thinks that
the dumb-show was probably a surprise to Hamlet,7 and that it must have ..."
2. Shakspere's predecessors in the English drama by John Addington Symonds (1884)
"... of Sackville and Norton—General Character of this Tragedy—Its Argument—Distribution
of Material —Chorus—dumb show—The Actors—Use of Blank Verse.—VI. ..."
3. The History of English Poetry: From the Close of the Eleventh Century to the by Thomas Warton (1840)
"Dumb-show. Sackville not assisted by Norton. THE first poem which presents itself
at the commencement of the reign of queen Elizabeth, is the play of ..."
4. Shakespeare's Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare, Roycroft Shop (1902)
"The dumb-show enters. Enter a King and a Queen very lovingly; the Queen embracing
him, and he her. She kneels, and makes show of protestation unto him. ..."
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