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The "grandfather" of the modern pantomime horse was the Blondin Donkey, introduced at the Royal Holborn theatre in 1885 by the acrobatic Griffiths brothers, Fred and Joe, and named after the [[Charles Blondin|tightrope walker]] who was famous for crossing [[Niagara Falls]].<ref name=":1" /> A different horse known as Pogo the Performing Horse and worn by a father-and-son team became a popular panto feature and appeared at the [[London Coliseum]] in 1923.<ref name=":1" />
British character actor, [[Colin Gordon]] began his stage career as the back end of a pantomime horse in a 1934 production of "Toad of Toad Hall".
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