A play or pantomime produced by throwing shadows of puppets on to a wall or screen. Also in extended use.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet-show > types of (6) galanty show1713 A play or pantomime produced by throwing shadows of puppets on to a wall or screen. Also in extended use. ombres chinoises1779 With plural agreement. A puppet shadow play; (also) a theatre where such plays are performed. Also figurative. Cf. galanty show, n. Punch and Judy1828 (the name of) a traditional English puppet show presented on the miniature stage of a tall collapsible booth (in full Punch and Judy show); (the… shadow-play1890 a play in which the actors appear as shadows cast upon a screen placed between the stage and the auditorium; also, a puppet play of the shadow… Guignol1923 = Grand Guignol, n. adj. Guignol1957 A Punch and Judy show. |
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