Ian Angus Wilkie Ian Angus Wilkie Ian Angus Wilkie (born September 1960), is a British actor, probably best known for his recurring role as the Vicar in the sitcom "Barbara", though he also appeared in the 1994 short film "Blue Christmas", played the title character in CBBC show "Mr. Wymi" and provided the voice for Hamish in the cult puppet sitcom "Pets". He also recently made an appearance as Baron Hardup in a pantomime production of "Cinderella" at the Broxbourne Civic Theatre in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. He has also played the role of the butler in the touring theatre production of "Annie". He currently
Pantomime and 18th centuries such as Claude-François Ménestrier (1631–1705), John Weaver (1673–1760), Jean-Georges Noverre (1727–1810) and Gasparo Angiolini (1731–1803), earned it respectability and attested to the capability of dance to render complex stories and express human emotion. In the Middle Ages, the Mummers Play was a traditional English folk play, based loosely on the Saint George and the Dragon legend, usually performed during Christmas gatherings, which contained the origin of many of the archetypal elements of the pantomime, such as stage fights, coarse humour and fantastic creatures, gender role reversal, and good defeating evil. Precursors of pantomime also included the masque,