| 单词 | transformation scene |
| 释义 | > as lemmastransformation scene c. Theatre. More fully transformation scene: A mechanical disclosing scene in a pantomime; spec. the scene in which the principal performers were transformed in view of the audience into the players of the ensuing harlequinade. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > pantomime > [noun] > part of harlequinade1780 opening1825 rally1853 transformation1859 1859 Punch 5 Feb. 58/2 I have supped full of gorgeous transformations on which paint, coloured foils, Dutch metal..have been lavished. 1881 Playgoer 1 Jan. A magnificent Transformation, a charming Watteau ballet scene. 1881 G. A. Sala in Illustr. London News 1 Jan. 3/2 Two Grand Transformation Scenes. 1885 W. J. Lawrence in The Theatre Dec. 329 The account of the sixth scene is worthy of quotation, smacking as it does of the modern ‘Transformation’. 1885 W. J. Lawrence in Let. During the Grimaldi era the term ‘transformation scene’ referred to that particular juncture of the performance at which the good fairy changed the hero and heroine and their two persecutors in full view of the audience into Harlequin, Columbine, Clown and Pantaloon respectively. < as lemmas |
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