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

It Takes Two
The actors Jock Young (left) and Charlie Mills prepare to put on their costume to play the role of the pantomime horse. Every memorable pantomime contains "animals" and some of the greats started their careers off in this manner. Indeed, the Hippodrome Theatre, in Stockport, northern England saw the front end of the horse played by a young man named Charlie Chaplin.

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