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of which there is a pause to aflford rest to actors and 

 spectators. 



After-piece. — A piece performed after a play ; a farce or other 

 short eiitertainnient. 



Burlesque'. — A composition of which the humor consists in 

 a hidicrous mixture of things high and hjw. 



Burlet'ta. — A light, comic species of musical drama. 



Comedy. — A dramatic composition intended to represent the 

 lighter ])assions and actions of mankind. 



Dram'atis Perso'nae. — The characters represented in a drama. 



Epilogue. — The closing address to the audience at the end of 

 a play. 



Farce. — A short piece of low comic character. 



Histrionic Art. — The art which teaches how to bear a part in 

 dramatic representations. 



In'terlude. — A short dramatic piece introduced between the 

 acts of longer performances. 



Melodra'ma. — A dramatic performance in which songs are in- 

 troduced. 



Mon'odrame. — A dramatic performance by only one person. 



Op'era. — A dramatic composition set to music and sung on the 

 stage. 



Orato'rio. — A sacred musical composition, usually in a dramatic 

 form. 



Pan'tomime. — A species of theatrical entertainment in which 

 the whole action of the piece is represented by gesticula- 

 tion without the use of words. 



Trag'edy. — A dramatic composition representing some signal 

 action performed by illustrious persons, and generally hav- 

 ing a fatal result. 



Vaude'ville. — A theatrical piece, usually a comedy, the dia- 

 logue of which is intermingled with light or satirical songs, 

 sung in familiar airs ; also, sometimes, a drama of a higher 

 order. 



DRAWING. 



Diagraph'ics (Gr. dlagrapho^ I mark out by lines). — The art 



of design or drawing. 

 Drawing. — The art of representing the appearances of objects 



upon a flat surface so as to exhibit their form and shadow, 



situation, distance, etc. 

 Orthog'raphy. — Tiie representation of the front of a building 



