Definition of shadow play
: a drama exhibited by throwing shadows of puppets or actors on a screen — called also
shadow show
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Trump’s whole trade agenda, then, is a shadow play.
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Projected light creates dynamic shadow play that turns the Marciano’s huge first-floor gallery into an abstract 3-D film.
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Light and shadow plays over them, and both the tax collector and the cleric have one tiny fingertip blazingly struck by light — Donatus’s left thumb, and Eustatius’s left pinkie.
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This year's theme, Storytellers, is inspired by SPA's performance of the cinematic shadow play Feathers of Fire.
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Several shows are produced by teens, including the shadow play The Other a production of Yes!
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The blessedly functional David Schweizer production uses screens, projections, and shadow play for the bloodiest parts, leaving nothing to the imagination (even a cutoff penis), but maintaining unreal abstraction.
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For a truly local experience, catch a shadow play (a play in which puppets’ shadows are cast onto a screen), or visit the cricket fighting museum to witness a live bug fight.
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First Known Use of shadow play
circa 1890
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See words that rhyme with shadow play Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about shadow play
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