At the end of this act, a dumb show is put on, depicting the birth of Julia and Parma's son, who is then given to Stroza.
Eventually, dumbshow became a risible subject: in Henry Fielding's The Author's Farce (1729), the protagonist Author intends to have his Epilogue acted in dumbshow...by a cat.
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Dumbshow began life at the University of Warwick in 2006 where their shows were performed in the Warwick Arts Centre Studio Theatre; they have since grown to become an established and respected company of professional performers and writers.