shadow play
a show in which shadows of puppets, flat figures, or live actors are projected onto a lighted screen.
Origin of shadow play
1- Also called shadowgraph, shadow pantomime, shadow show, shadow theater.
Words Nearby shadow play
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How to use shadow play in a sentence
In skilfully printed papers of the sort the design often has the effect of a mere shadow-play of form.
Principles of Home Decoration | Candace WheelerThe wajang beber is of very early origin and is a shadow play, shadows of marionettes being shown through a white cloth.
Letters of a Javanese Princess | Raden Adjeng KartiniThe servant came with tea, and drew down the upper blinds, shutting out that mocking shadow-play at which Saxham had been staring.
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesWas it a moving herd, a shifting mist, a shadow-play between the night and dawn?
Under Two Flags | Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]The Indian thinks of this world as a circular and unending journey, an ocean without shore, a shadow play without even a plot.
Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3) | Charles Eliot
British Dictionary definitions for shadow play
a theatrical entertainment using shadows thrown by puppets or actors onto a lighted screen
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