单词 | joy-plank |
释义 | > as lemmasjoy-plank joy-plank n. a plank leading from the stage to the audience in a theatre, for the use of performers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > stage > [noun] > plank or ramp runway1888 joy-plank1924 1924 Illustr. London News 27 Dec. 1265/2 The picture of the Grand Ballet at Florence in 1616..shows a method of presentation which was in vogue here in Revues a year or two ago, and is still continued in the Cabarets; performers leaving the stage by means of steps and ‘joy-planks’. 1970 J. B. Priestley Edwardians iii. 247 (caption) Shirley Kellogg leading the chorus along the joy plank in Hullo Ragtime! at the London Hippodrome in 1912. < as lemmas |
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