| 单词 | shadow-play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshadow-play shadow-play n. 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 theatre; also attributive and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play king play1469 king game1504 historya1509 chronicle history1600 monology1608 horseplaya1627 piscatory1631 stock play1708 petite pièce1712 mimic1724 ballad opera1730 ballad farce1735 benefit-play1740 potboiler1783 monodrama1793 extravaganza1797 theo-drama1801 monodrame1803 proverb1803 stock piece1804 bespeak1807 ticket-night1812 dramaticle1813 monopolylogue1819 pièce d'occasion1830 interlude1831 mimea1834 costume piece1834 mummers' play1849 history play1850 gag-piece1860 music drama1874 well-made1881 playlet1884 two-decker1884 slum1885 kinderspiel1886 thrill1886 knockabout1887 two-hander1888 front-piece1889 thriller1889 shadow-play1890 mime play1894 problem play1894 one-acter1895 sex play1899 chronicle drama1902 thesis-play1902 star vehicle1904 folk-play1905 radio play1908 tab1915 spy play1919 one-act1920 pièce à thèse1923 dance-drama1924 a mess of plottage1926 turkey1927 weepie1928 musical1930 cliffhanger1931 mime drama1931 triangle drama1931 weeper1934 spine-chiller1940 starrer1941 scorcher1942 teleplay1947 straw-hatter1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 tab show1951 conversation piece1952 psychodrama1956 whydunit1968 mystery play1975 State of the Nation1980 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > puppetry > [noun] > puppet-show > types of galanty show1713 ombres chinoises1779 Punch and Judy1828 shadow-play1890 Guignol1923 Guignol1957 1890 J. D. Champlin & A. E. Bostwick Young Folks' Cycl. Games & Sports 625/2 Shadow plays, plays in which not the actors, but their shadows, are seen by the audience. 1895 Mrs. Grindrod Siam 49 Burlesques, comedies introducing current events, and shadow-plays, are productive of much mirth at fair-times. 1900 W. W. Skeat Malay Magic vi. 514 Another very characteristic performance is the Shadow-Play. 1910 Handbk. Ethnogr. Coll. Brit. Mus. 102 The first two forms of Wayang are shadow-plays, the puppets being cut from leather. 1932 E. Waugh Black Mischief iii. 92 He liked..to appear in society..to survey the shadow-play of fashion. 1938 Burlington Mag. Aug. 87/2 Shadow-play puppets. 1964 Catal. National Mus. Kuala Lumpur 3/1 The shadow play exhibit is arranged so that the visitor can see backstage and learn how the figures are manipulated during the drama. 1971 Country Life 17 June 1544/1 A shadow play, the Wayang Kulit of parchment puppet figures manipulated from behind a lamplit screen. < as lemmas |
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