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The actors in a drama or play.
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A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.
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The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin.
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Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers.
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A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
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All the adjuncts of a play except the scenery and the dresses of the actors; stage requisites.
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A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.
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The part where the actors performed; the stage.
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A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
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The retiring room of actors and actresses in a theater.
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To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.
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A printed programme of a play, with the parts assigned to the actors.
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A kind of allegorical play, so termed because it consisted of discourses in praise of morality between actors representing such characters as Charity, Faith, Death, Vice, etc. Such plays were occasionally exhibited as late as the reign of Henry VIII.
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A grotesque mask, representing a person chewing or grimacing, worn in processions and by comic actors on the stage.
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A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally.
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A long dress, trailing on the floor, worn by tragic actors in Greek and Roman theaters.
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Not active, but acted upon; suffering or receiving impressions or influences; as, they were passive spectators, not actors in the scene.
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A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.
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A speech or short poem addressed to the spectators and recited by one of the actors, after the conclusion of the play.
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The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
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