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Definition of Sceneshifters
1. sceneshifter [n] - See also: sceneshifter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sceneshifters
Literary usage of Sceneshifters
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge History of English Literature by Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller (1910)
"... which the plot might or might not require, to fill up the time needed by
the "tire-men" or sceneshifters. Accordingly, the theory mentioned supposes a ..."
2. American State Trials: A Collection of the Important and Interesting by John Davison Lawson, Robert Lorenzo Howard (1917)
"... would have been somewhat obstructed by some of the sceneshifters. and the
actors in waiting for the next scene, which requires their presence. ..."
3. On the Stage--and Off: The Brief Career of a Would-be Actor by Jerome Klapka Jerome (1891)
"Pay your carpenters and sceneshifters, or they'll make it decidedly uncomfortable
for you. Pay your money-takers or they'll pay themselves; your gas, ..."
4. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Reuben Percy, John Timbs (1841)
"... some who hourly exhibit their antics on its stage are rewarded with enormous
fortunes, whilst the supernumeraries and sceneshifters of life, ..."
5. A Handy-book of the Law of Copyright: Comprising Literary, Dramatic and by Frederick Patey Chappell, John Shoard (1863)
"The defendant provided the band, the sceneshifters, the supernumeraries, the
money takers, and paid for printing and advertisements. ..."
6. The Musical World (1862)
"... the singers, actors, musicians, sceneshifters — altogether an army of
employés—were for the time thrown out of work and left without salaries. ..."
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