Imvelaphi yedrama yokulingisa eNtshona ifumaneka kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga yamandulo yamaGrike, kwimisitho yothixo uDionysus kwaye eyona nto ibalulekileyo yayilulwimi lomzimba olwalusisixhobo esiphambili. Ngenxa yokuba wayenguthixo wewayini, waxhokonxa inkululeko kwaye umdlalo weqonga waba mandundu ngakumbi kwaye wanoburharha.
Igama elithi mime livela eGrisi kwaye kuthetha ukulinganisa. Umlinganiso womdlalo weqonga uzama ukwazisa umdlalo weqonga emzimbeni, kufuneka usebenzise iintshukumo zomzimba kwimigaqo esembindini wedrama.
I-Mime yayiyindlela eyaziwayo edumileyo yemvelaphi yamaGrike, enomlinganiso oyinyani kunye nohlekisayo. Obu bugcisa buvele ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX BC kwi eSirakusa (Esi yayisesona sixeko sikhulu saseGrisi eSicily, esikunxweme olusempuma kweso siqithi, phakathi kweCatania neCape Pachynus) neSofhrón.
Iinkampani zeMime zazithandwa kakhulu kwaye zaziqwalaselwa kwiGrisi yakudala kwaye kamva eRoma.
Kwiithiyetha ezinkulu zamaGrike nezamaRoma ezivulekileyo abalinganiswa be
Harlequin, Pierrot kunye neColombina. I-Mime yathonya kwaye yanceda ukumisa umdlalo wamandulo wamaGrike. Emva kwexesha, amagama abaluleke ngakumbi kunesimbo somzimba.
Kwinkulungwane yokuqala ye-BC ukulingisa kwaba phantse kuhlobo loncwadi.
Ngokukhula kobuKristu, i-mime yehlile kwaye yasasazeka kuyo yonke iYurophu, ikwazi ukuhlala kwizikwere nakwezinye iindawo zikawonke-wonke.
Kwinkulungwane yesi-XNUMX ye-AD icawe yagxotha iinkampani ze-mime ukulungiselela iisaramente.
Ukuze intetho yokulinganisa igqibelele, kufuneka isimo sengqondo, ukuphathwa kwe-physiognomy, yesimbo somzimba, esincediswa ngophawu kunye nempahla.
Okwangoku eyona mime ibalaseleyo yayinguMarcel Marceau (1923-2007).