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    You theater types: is there a name or phrase by which these ubiquitous masks are known?

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    1. krystleblair (28 months ago | reply)

      Hey there, thanks for giving wikiHow permission to use this photo as a category image in our redesign. Here it is in action:

      www.wikihow.com/Category:Arts-and-Entertainme nt

    2. Kim Dever Thibodeaux / Kim_in_CajunCountry (28 months ago | reply)

      Cool!

      I've always known them to be "Comedy & Tragedy" or "comedy tragedy masks".

    3. Steve Snodgrass (28 months ago | reply)

      Ah-ha!

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    5. handyil (18 months ago | reply)

      Wikipedia identifies these as "Sock and Buskin." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sock_and_Buskin

      Thanks for listing this photo a Creative Commons license! I used it in a church presentation.

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    7. gl reilly (13 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for sharing!

    8. jaybcrealtor (10 months ago | reply)

      Nice picture! Thank you for sharing it through CC license, I used for the article about Vancouver theatres on my blog.

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