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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 talkedits 15:21, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * 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,  Mr. Snee's* wife?.
 * That's Smee. You might be thinking of Snickersnee. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 22:24, 24 September 2022 (UTC)
 * *Oops, "Snee" = "Smee" 136.56.52.157 (talk) 00:24, 25 September 2022 (UTC)
 * This is not a character from J. M. Barrie, although in the original play, Smee has to ask what a mother is. 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,  perhaps I'll give that one a miss. Alansplodge (talk) 21:26, 25 September 2022 (UTC)