"He's Behind You!" A Brief History of Pantomime

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Meet the Beatles
From left to right, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and Paul McCartney starred in their own pantomime show in London for three weeks in 1964. Two years later, their traditional Christmas single was inspired by pantomime with them singing the "Everywhere is Christmas" track in addition to "acting" and doing funny voices.

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