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Entr'acte   Listen
noun
Entr'acte  n.  
1.
The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
2.
A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama.





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"Entr'acte" Quotes from Famous Books



... feast with the gods, exulting in Kudos. And when the talk is over, each goes his way, still flushed with vanity and admiration, still trailing clouds of glory; each declines from the height of his ideal orgie, not in a moment, but by slow declension. I remember, in the ENTR'ACTE of an afternoon performance, coming forth into the sunshine, in a beautiful green, gardened corner of a romantic city; and as I sat and smoked, the music moving in my blood, I seemed to sit there and evaporate THE FLYING DUTCHMAN (for it was that I ...
— Memories and Portraits • Robert Louis Stevenson
... discreet salute to Mrs. Lipscomb's intemperate motions, and Undine saw the brilliant woman's opera-glass turn in their direction, and said to herself that in a moment Mr. Popple would be "round." But the entr'acte wore on, and no one turned the handle of their door, or disturbed the peaceful somnolence of Harry Lipscomb, who, not being (as he put it) "onto" grand opera, had abandoned the struggle and withdrawn to the seclusion of the inner box. Undine jealously watched Mr. Popple's progress ...
— The Custom of the Country • Edith Wharton


Words linked to "Entr'acte" :   interlude, music, show, intermezzo


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