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entr'acte

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entr'acte

Orchestral music played between the acts of an opera or play.
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On the part of the audience there was the feeling of impatience gratified which one experiences at the theatre at the end of the last entr'acte of the comedy, when the curtain rises and the conclusion is about to begin.
Notre-Dame de Paris by Hugo, Victor View in context
During the whole of that entr'acte Kuragin stood with Dolokhov in front of the orchestra partition, looking at the Rostovs' box.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
The managers left the box during the entr'acte to find out more about the cabal of which the stage-manager had spoken; but they soon returned to their seats, shrugging their shoulders and treating the whole affair as silly.
The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston View in context
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