A Stage in Time

1UP Studios

Mayelana nalolu hlelo lokusebenza

Lolu hlelo lokusebenza likuvumela ukuthi ungene endaweni yenye yama-pantomime ahlaba umxhwele kakhulu futhi ayimpumelelo ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-18.
Usebenzisa ama-maquette amathathu aphethwe yi-Victoria & Albert Museum, umlingo wobuchwepheshe beqiniso obungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona bukuvumela ukuthi uthole lawa masethi ngezinga lawo langempela.
I-pantomime i-Omai, noma i-A Trip Around the World yabhalwa ngu-John O'Keeffe, enezindawo zayo ezinhle.
iklanywe nguPhilip James de Loutherbourg, umdwebi waseSwitzerland owayengumthwebuli wezithombe oqalwe kakhulu wosuku lwakhe. Yaqala ukuboniswa e-Covent Garden Theatre (endaweni manje eseyiRoyal Opera
House) ngo-December 1785. Khona-ke, njengamanje, i-pantomime yayihlotshaniswa ikakhulukazi noKhisimusi.
Njengoba kuphakanyiswe isihlokwana se-pantomime - A Trip Around the World - ibifuna ukuthutha izethameli ziye emagumbini akude omhlaba ngokulandelana kwezigcawu ezivutha ngokushesha. Nge-18
ekhulwini leminyaka, inkundla yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yanikeza izethameli injabulo yokuhamba ngokuzumayo.
Kodwa lesi futhi kwakuyinkathi yombuso, futhi isigaba saseBrithani sasiyindlela enamandla ekudaleni
kanye nokugcina iphupho lobukhosi baseBrithani, ngokobuhlanga nangokwesiko.
Umlingiswa oqavile we-Omai usekelwe kumuntu wangempela: Mai, indoda yase-Ra'iatea eseNingizimu Pacific. Wathathwa yiPolynesia yamyisa eLondon nguKaputeni uCook ngo-1774. Lapho efika eBrithani, uMai waba
usaziwayo kanye nelukuluku lokufuna ukwazi - isibonelo 'somuntu onesihluku'.