A mime artist is someone who uses mime as a theatrical medium or as a performance art. In earlier times, in English, such a performer was referred to as a mummer. Miming is to be distinguished from silent comedy, in which the artist is a seamless character in a film or sketch.

History

Mimes in Ancient Greece and Rome

Mime supposedly began in the Theater of Dionysus in Athens, perhaps as far back as the third century B.C.E. These mimes were not entirely silent, as we think of mimes today, but the spoken element was minimized. There was usually a chorus, typical of Greek theatre of the time. Greek mime plays were often tragedies that had a moral lesson. Stories frequently included fighting, adultery, and various vices. Early mime artists in Greece were called phylakes and included women as well as men. Well-known authors of mimes include Decimus Laberius, Epicharmus, Sophron, Publilius Syrus and Herodas.

Like actors and actresses of today, a mime's fame could bring them the attention of the rich and powerful. The Emperor Justinian married Theodora, a former mime

By the time of the fall of Rome, mimes were performing at banquets and courts all over Europe. Roman mime artists were called mimus or saltator, but the word "mime" by then was often used as a catch-all term for any sort of short dramatic or comedic acted entertainment, sometimes expanding to include sword swallowers and jugglers. Roman mime was called fibula riciniata and was a mix of farce sketch, dancing, singing and acrobatics. Stock characters evolved (stupid husband, greedy pig, foolish old man, devious woman, etc). These developed a non-silent, satirical, and often political comedy that evolved into such theatre genres as the Italian Commedia dell'arte, the dumb show, Masque, and British pantomime. The most well known exponents of these classical roots at the beginning of the twentieth century of these traditions are the Italian couple Dario Fo and Franca Rame and the San Francisco Mime Troupe in America. The Commedia dell'arte lasted longer than any other period drama, more than 200 years.

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