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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Theater terms - Help please. #163582 11/20/06 04:27 PM Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 H hockeydad OP stranger OP hockeydad stranger H Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 1 When I was young I was taught a term describing a play within a play. Although "intermission" has been used (as brief plays were used to entertain during scene changes) that is not the term I was taught so many years ago. Can anyone suggest a different word? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Theater terms - Help please. #163583 11/20/06 04:29 PM Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando ParkinT enthusiast ParkinT enthusiast Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 293 Orlando Innerplay? [(a pun based on interplay)] "I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Theater terms - Help please. #163584 11/20/06 04:37 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York metatheater? metadrama? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Theater terms - Help please. #163585 11/20/06 04:39 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh The term I learned was one adapted from heraldic terminology: mise-en-abyme. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: mise-en-abyme #163586 11/21/06 05:56 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Try not to fall off, then. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: de profundis #163587 11/22/06 04:38 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Try not to fall off, then. You talkin' t'me? Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: de profundis #163588 11/22/06 11:40 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel TEd Remington Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 3,467 Marion NC Miss on a beam! Jackie!!!! I saw that! TEd Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Typhoid TEd #163589 11/22/06 12:53 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Oh no! It's catching! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: de profundis #163590 11/22/06 08:28 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Try not to fall off, then. You talkin' t'me? Yes--you said you were on a beam. [EG] (Ted, we were close!) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: de profundis #163591 11/22/06 10:17 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh Yes--you said you were on a beam. Oh, "Me's on a beam" is good-enough English for you and me? 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