| 单词 | the villain of the piece |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe villain of the piece e. A dramatic work, a play. Also in extended use, esp. in the villain of the piece. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] playeOE joyc1440 sportc1475 historya1509 drama?1521 stage playa1535 gameplay1560 show1565 device1598 piece1616 auto1670 action1679 natak1826 speakie1921 1616 B. Jonson Epicœne Prol., in Wks. I. 529 There will be some, That, when they leaue their seates, shall make 'hem say, Who wrot that piece, could so haue wrote a play. View more context for this quotation 1643 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici (authorized ed.) i. §47 In the last scene, all the Actors must enter to compleat and make up the Catastrophe of this great peece . View more context for this quotation 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 228 A past, vamp'd, future, old, reviv'd, new piece, 'Twixt Plautus, Fletcher, Congreve, and Corneille. 1781 R. B. Sheridan Critic i. i On the first night of a new piece they always fill the house with orders to support it. 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 783 In the old dramatists of Greece, prologizing..formed..an integral portion of the structure of the piece. 1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 252 Arnulf, as usual, appears as the villain of the piece. 1933 E. K. Chambers Eng. Folk-play 13 Structurally, the piece falls into three parts: the Presentation.., the Drama.., the Quête. 1990 Amateur Stage Sept. 23/3 The piece is very dated and there is a strange sense of pathos in the attempts to recapture the magic of the particular period. < as lemmas |
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