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Entr'acte

noun

The interlude between two acts of a play.

A brief show (music or dance etc) inserted between the sections of a longer performance. Synonyms: interlude, intermezzo.

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"Entr'acte" Quotes from Famous Books

... splendidly on this occasion, and I thank you for the few friendly lines you have written to him, for he really deserves it by his warm friendship for you and your works. He came to Leipzig together with Krebs, and during the entr'acte we met at the buffet, when he told me that you had written to him, which I was very glad to hear. The Hartels have sent you three hundred thalers for ...

— Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2 • Francis Hueffer (translator)

... better informed than the rest, declared that the "row" would begin with the ballad of the KING OF THULE and rushed to the subscribers' entrance to warn Carlotta. The managers left the box during the entr'acte to find out more about the cabal of which the stage-manager had spoken; but they soon returned to their seats, shrugging their shoulders and treating the whole affair ...

— The Phantom of the Opera • Gaston Leroux

... his return journey to Dresden, I could detect no signs of exhaustion about him. He was hoping on his arrival to lighten the heavy burden of life a little by undertaking the conductorship of the entr'acte music at the theatre, which he proposed to organise artistically, and thus set himself free from the oppressive and demoralising service of the opera. It was with sincere grief that I accompanied him to the mail-coach, and he too seemed to ...

— My Life, Volume II • Richard Wagner

... Entertain regali. Entertain (amuse) amuzi. Entertain (consider) konsideri. Enthusiasm entuziasmo. Enthusiast entuziasmulo. Enthusiastic entuziasma. Entice allogi. Entire tuta. Entirely tute. Entitle (to name) titoli. Entomb entombigi. Entomology entomologio. Entr'acte interakto. Entrails internajxo. Entrance eniro. Entrance cxarmi. Entreat petegi. Entreaty petego. Entry eniro. Entwine kunplekti. Enumerate denombri. Enunciate eldiri. Envelop envolvi. Envelope koverto. Envenom veneni. Enviable enviinda. ...

— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... out to them during the entr'acte—after which, delighted, they went off caracoling and ...

— His Excellency the Minister • Jules Claretie

... discussions and unending compliments, and glad of a respite in which to turn to other matters. But there were no idle hours in that august assembly, though it might chance that some whimsical phase of statesmanship lightened, by way of entr'acte, the severity of their deliberations. They were, possibly, not unpleasantly aware of the irony of the situation when a letter from their governor in Constantinople announced "the extreme solicitude of the Turkish Government for the life and welfare of the Holy Father," ...

— A Golden Book of Venice • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

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