Sentence examples for acts of a play from inspiring English sources

Renaissance theatre in Italy bred the intermedio, which consisted of songs and instrumental music added before or after the acts of a play.

These entertainments, inserted between the acts of a play and totally unrelated to it, were generally on classical themes and were originally mounted during masked balls and banquets.

Intermezzo, ( Italian: "interlude") plural intermezzi or intermezzos, in music and theatre, an entertainment performed between the acts of a play; also a light instrumental composition.

Rice first introduced the character who would become known as Jim Crow between acts of a play called The Kentucky Rifle, in which he performed a ludicrous off-balance dance while singing "Jump Jim Crow," which described his actions ("Weel about and turn about and do jis so/Eb'ry time I weel about I jump Jim Crow").

Jerde, who went out on his own, came up with a multi-level mall that he likened to several acts of a play.

If I assign one act of a play, they'll have read the whole thing".

Chekhov once said that a gun appearing in the first act of a play shouldn't be left unfired.

"The first act of a play ends with a moment of crisis that's unresolved, so the audience goes out thinking, What's going to happen?" he said.

The Malloys from Indiana come to N. Y. Evarts Malloy has written the first act of a play which is to be produced by Tracey Murchison.

Receptionists were checking guests in with hushed efficiency, as if, behind them, the first act of a play were just getting under way.

It is made up of three acts, in each of which the first act of a play called "Nothing On" is performed in different phases of a provincial tour.