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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?
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Innerplay?
[(a pun based on interplay)]
"I am certain there is too much certainty in the world" -Michael Crichton
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The term I learned was one adapted from heraldic terminology: mise-en-abyme.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Try not to fall off, then.
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Try not to fall off, then.
You talkin' t'me?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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Miss on a beam! Jackie!!!! I saw that!
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Oh no! It's catching!
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Try not to fall off, then.
You talkin' t'me?
Yes--you said you were on a beam. [EG]
(Ted, we were close!)
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Yes--you said you were on a beam.
Oh, "Me's on a beam" is good-enough English for you and me?
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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