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It is less common but not unknown for pantomime productions to adapt a story that is not traditionally used as a pantomime. For example, the Cambridge Footlights theater troupe has recently staged pantomime adaptations of ''[[Spartacus]]'' and ''Faust''<ref>[http://footlights.org/pantomime.html Cambridge Footlights Pantomime]</ref>. Even in these instances, the story chosen must be one that will be familiar to audiences.

It is less common but not unknown for pantomime productions to adapt a story that is not traditionally used as a pantomime. For example, the Cambridge Footlights theater troupe has recently staged pantomime adaptations of ''[[Spartacus]]'' and ''Faust''<ref>[http://footlights.org/pantomime.html Cambridge Footlights Pantomime]</ref>. Even in these instances, the story chosen must be one that will be familiar to audiences.

All pantomime plots unfold along similar lines, mainly based around the interactions of the characters described below. Other essentials are that the story must end happily, with the villain defeated and the hero marrying his sweetheart, and the other good characters finding happiness in one form or another. If a story does not have a happy ending, or does not feature the required character types, it will need to be adapted to include these elements if it is to be performed as a pantomime.

All pantomime plots unfold along similar lines, mainly based around the interactions of the characters described below. Other essentials are that the story must involve conflict between [[good and evil]], and that it must end happily, with the villain defeated and the hero marrying his sweetheart, and the other good characters finding happiness in one form or another. If a story does not have a happy ending, or does not feature the required character types, it will need to be adapted to include these elements if it is to be performed as a pantomime.

==Characters==

==Characters==