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September 24

The Dame in a Peter Pan pantomime

In various pantomime productions of Peter Pan (none of which I have seen performed) I note that the Dame plays the role of 'Mrs Smee'. Is this the normal role for the Dame, and if not, what other roles have they played? Am I also correct to assume that Mrs Smee is the mother, rather than the wife, of Mr. Smee? -- Verbarson ^talk_edits 15:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See: Pantomime dame. Accordingly, Characters who are played as pantomime dames are often, though not exclusively, older, matronly women. So, less likely to be Mr. Snee's* wife. 136.56.52.157 (talk) 19:38, 24 September 2022 (UTC) Edit: however, panto scripts tend to vary; one has Mrs. Snee* as Snee* Jr's mother,^[1] Mr. Snee's* wife?.[reply]

That's Smee. You might be thinking of Snickersnee. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:24, 24 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

*Oops, "Snee" = "Smee" 136.56.52.157 (talk) 00:24, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a character from J. M. Barrie, although in the original play, Smee has to ask what a mother is. [2] Smee is generally portrayed as well into his middle-age, so a wife is plausible; the only clue that Google can find is that Mrs Smee is being played by Christopher Biggins at the Darlington Hippodrome this year, [3] perhaps I'll give that one a miss. Alansplodge (talk) 21:26, 25 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]