burletta
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of burletta
1740–50; < Italian, equivalent to burl ( a ) jest ( see burlesque) + -etta -ette
Example Sentences
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The Pickwick Club ... a burletta, in three acts.
From Life of Charles Dickens by Frank T. (Frank Thomas) Marzials
So now "burletta licenses" were issued, under cover of which melodramas were presented, with entertainments of music and dancing, spectacle and pantomime.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
This burletta helps to develop the plan which it is the intention of the “council” to follow up in their agonising efforts to resuscitate the expiring drama.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 12, 1841 by Various
Oliver Twist: a serio-comic burletta, in three acts.
From Life of Charles Dickens by Frank T. (Frank Thomas) Marzials
The Adelphi, then called the Sans Pareil Theatre, received a "burletta license" about the same time.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Dutton Cook
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