principal boy

British  

noun

1. the leading male role in a pantomime, played by a woman

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Example Sentences

The queen's "Bond-girl" acting role, for example, can be traced to Elizabeth's little-known teenage penchant for amateur theatricals at Windsor Castle, when she apparently used to play the principal boy.

From Reuters • Jul. 29, 2012

She was principal boy at Blackpool two years ago.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 21, 1917 by Various

Here she was the inevitable principal boy of the burlesques.

From The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama by Filon, Augustin

The "principal boy" had just skipped on to the stage.

From A Christmas Garland by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

No more caustic Greek epics, translated from the original "by Homer," no more boisterous interludes with three-bottle Prime Ministers appearing in the part of principal boy, come from his pen.

From Henry Fielding: a Memoir by Godden, G. M.