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"Entr'acte" Quotes from Famous Books

... "The Household Fairy," and Clayton, who had acted with me in it, was dancing with me on the stage to the music which was being played during the wait, instead of changing his dress for the next piece. This dancing during the entr'acte was very popular among us. Many a burlesque quadrille I had with Terriss and others in later days. On this occasion Clayton suddenly found he was late in changing, and, rushing upstairs to his dressing-room in a hurry, he missed his footing and fell back on his head. This made me very miserable, ...

— The Story of My Life - Recollections and Reflections • Ellen Terry

... several years he had seen every play put upon the stage in Paris, without spending a sou, and he felt that it would be actually degrading to purchase a ticket at the office now. "Pay to see a farce!" he thought. "Not I. I must know some one here—I'll wait for the entr'acte." ...

— The Count's Millions - Volume 1 (of 2) • Emile Gaboriau

... wounded and writhing victim are also subject to exceptions. Sometimes, without releasing its prey for a moment, the insect proceeds from the thorax to the next segments and completes its operation in a single spell. The joyous entr'acte does not take place; the convulsive movements of the wings and the acrobatic ...

— More Hunting Wasps • J. Henri Fabre

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