mummer
mummer's play
Mumming and masking were forbidden in 1435.
The concept has nothing to do with mumming or related drama.
Lydgate left a substantial body of dramatic work, primarily mummings, but also a pageant and poetry.
Good sense and choreographic grace have been abandoned in favour of frenetic mumming and an entire absence of credibility.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing
act out
am-dram
amateur theater
appearance
blocking
camp
camp it up
chew
enact
improvisation
offstage
re-enact
recreation
rep
restage
stage business
stage fright
understudy
unperformable
unperformed