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  • 1theatre — /thee euh teuhr, theeeu /, n. theater. * * * I Building or space in which performances are given before an audience. It contains an auditorium and stage. In ancient Greece, where Western theatre began (5th century BC), theatres were constructed… …

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  • 2stage design — Aesthetic composition of a dramatic production as created by lighting, scenery, costumes, and sound. While elements such as painted screens and wheeled platforms were used in the Greek theatre of the 4th century BC, most innovations in stage… …

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  • 3theatre, Western — ▪ art Introduction       history of the Western theatre from its origins in pre Classical antiquity to the present.       For a discussion of drama as a literary form, see dramatic literature and the articles on individual national literatures.… …

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  • 4Gainsbourg reprises — Reprises des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg Article détaillé : Liste des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg. Les reprises des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg sont extrêmement nombreuses : on recense plus de mille interprétations différentes depuis …

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  • 5Reprises des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg — Article détaillé : Liste des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg. Les reprises des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg sont extrêmement nombreuses : on recense plus de mille interprétations différentes depuis 1958. Cette page en dresse une liste… …

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  • 6Reprises des chansons de serge gainsbourg — Article détaillé : Liste des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg. Les reprises des chansons de Serge Gainsbourg sont extrêmement nombreuses : on recense plus de mille interprétations différentes depuis 1958. Cette page en dresse une liste… …

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  • 7performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 8dramatic literature — Introduction       the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance.       The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… …

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  • 9motion picture — motion picture, adj. 1. a sequence of consecutive pictures of objects photographed in motion by a specially designed camera (motion picture camera) and thrown on a screen by a projector (motion picture projector) in such rapid succession as to… …

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  • 10West Virginia — This article is about the U.S. state of West Virginia. For other uses, see West Virginia (disambiguation). State of West Virginia …

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