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Definition of Supporting players
1. Noun. A cast other than the principals.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Supporting Players
Literary usage of Supporting players
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1902)
"... of the play cannot permit himself to think what may be the feelings passing
through the minds of the characters represented by the supporting players, ..."
2. Behind the Motion-picture Screen by Austin Celestin Lescarboura (1919)
"... and his or her supporting players who appear before the audience and public.
They arc the photoplay. In the pioneer photoplays the actors were generally ..."
3. The Dramatic Year [1887-88]: Brief Criticisms of Important Theatrical Events by William Archer (1888)
"Among the supporting players, only one, Mr. CB Bishop, can be singled out for
much praise. His Bonham Cheviot, a. variation of ..."
4. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"Even in our sports we talk of supporting players by organized noise, as though
one could not even play a game at his best without dependence on applause. ..."
5. Mornings in the College Chapel: Short Addresses to Young Men on Personal by Francis Greenwood Peabody (1907)
"Even in our sports we talk of supporting players by organized noise, as though
one could not even play a game at his best without dependence on applause. ..."
6. The Artist at Work: Narrative Technique in Chrétien de Troyes by Evelyn Mullally (1988)
"Artifice is the province of subordinates, and the distinction between the principals
and the supporting players is maintained. Fenice undergoes the ordeal ..."
7. Stages to Saturn: A Technological History of the Apollo/Saturn Launch Vehicle by Roger E. Bilstein (1999)
"In fact, the commanding role of the mammoth vehicle has tended to obscure its
supporting players, the Saturn I and Saturn IB boosters. ..."
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