| Play's beginning |
TV |
25 Jan 2026 |
| First part of a play |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Jan 2026 |
| Dramatic beginning? |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Jan 2026 |
| When "Defying Gravity" is performed in Wicked |
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| Placement of "Popular" in "Wicked" |
Universal |
29 Dec 2025 |
| Opera opener |
Universal |
24 Dec 2025 |
| First play part |
USA Today Quick |
29 Nov 2025 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Nov 2025 |
| Start of a show |
LA Times Daily |
19 Oct 2025 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
13 Oct 2025 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Sep 2025 |
| Play's start |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Sep 2025 |
| When Hamilton arrives in New York City, in "Hamilton" |
New York Times |
17 Sep 2025 |
| Opening on a stage? |
New York Times |
10 Sep 2025 |
| Start of a play |
LA Times Daily |
01 Sep 2025 |
| Dramatic beginning |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2025 |
| When Elphaba and Glinda sing "Defying Gravity" in Broadway's "Wicked" |
New York Times |
30 Jul 2025 |
| Play opener |
Universal |
29 Jul 2025 |
| Show's first part: 2 wds. |
Commuter |
24 Jul 2025 |
| Start of a play |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jul 2025 |
| First part of a musical |
Universal |
19 Jul 2025 |
| Play part before the intermission |
Universal |
06 Jul 2025 |
| Ballet opener |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2025 |
| Opener on Broadway? |
Universal |
28 Jun 2025 |
| Dramatic opening |
Newsday |
26 Jun 2025 |
| ___: Renaissance (first of a planned Beyonce-album trilogy) |
|
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| When Elphaba sings "Defying Gravity" in "Wicked" |
New York Times |
19 Jun 2025 |
| First section of a Shakespeare play |
|
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| When Macbeth meets the Witches |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jun 2025 |
| Overture follower |
LA Times Daily |
11 Jun 2025 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
03 Jun 2025 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2025 |
| Opening segment for a dramatist |
|
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| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 May 2025 |
| Broadway opening |
Wall Street Journal |
03 May 2025 |
| When Macbeth meets the witches |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Overture follower |
Newsday |
20 Apr 2025 |
| First fifth of "Henry V" |
|
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| First part of an opera |
USA Today |
04 Apr 2025 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
Universal |
25 Mar 2025 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
08 Mar 2025 |
| Play opener |
LA Times Daily |
24 Feb 2025 |
| Play's beginning |
Universal |
21 Feb 2025 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
10 Feb 2025 |
| When Macbeth first encounters the witches |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Jan 2025 |
| Musical starter |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2025 |
| Show opener (2 wds.) |
|
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| Dramatic beginning |
LA Times Daily |
20 Dec 2024 |
| Play starter (2 wds.) |
|
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| Play's start (2 wds.) |
|
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| Play opener |
New York Times |
09 Dec 2024 |
| Play's opening |
Wall Street Journal |
11 Nov 2024 |
| First part of a Broadway show (2 wds.) |
|
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| Dramatic opening |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2024 |
| When Macbeth becomes Thane of Cawdor |
New York Times |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
08 Nov 2024 |
| Play beginning |
Universal |
21 Oct 2024 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
Wall Street Journal |
15 Oct 2024 |
| First part of a play |
USA Today |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Opening part of a play |
USA Today |
04 Oct 2024 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet (2 wds.) |
|
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| First part of a play |
Newsday |
19 Aug 2024 |
| When the stage direction "Enter three Witches" appears in "Macbeth" |
New York Times |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Play's first portion |
Newsday |
31 Jul 2024 |
| Play start (2 wds.) |
|
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| Play beginning (2 wds.) |
|
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| It sometimes ends with a cliffhanger |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Jun 2024 |
| Play's first part |
USA Today |
13 Jun 2024 |
| Musical opener |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Overture follower |
Wall Street Journal |
22 May 2024 |
| When Iago reveals that he hates Othello |
Universal |
11 May 2024 |
| When Romeo sees Juliet |
|
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| Musical's beginning |
New York Times |
28 Apr 2024 |
| First of five in "Othello" or "Hamlet" |
|
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| Play opener (2 wds.) |
|
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| First fifth of "Love's Labour's Lost" (2 wds.) |
|
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| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Mar 2024 |
| Opera opener (2 wds.) |
|
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| Beginning of a play |
Universal |
05 Mar 2024 |
| Overture follower |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2024 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Feb 2024 |
| "Hamlet" start (2 wds.) |
|
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| Broadway beginning |
Commuter |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Start of a tragedy |
|
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| Play's beginning |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Jan 2024 |
| When we meet Romeo and Juliet |
|
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| First part of a play |
Newsday |
22 Jan 2024 |
| First part of a Shakespeare play |
|
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| Start of a play (2 wds) |
|
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| Overture follower |
LA Times Daily |
27 Dec 2023 |
| First part of a play |
Universal |
03 Dec 2023 |
| Opera piece |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2023 |
| Start of a musical |
Universal |
30 Nov 2023 |
| First part of a musical |
USA Today |
11 Nov 2023 |
| When Lear divides his kingdom |
LA Times Daily |
10 Nov 2023 |
| First of five at the Globe Theatre |
New York Times |
05 Nov 2023 |
| First play part |
Premier Sunday |
05 Nov 2023 |
| "Hamilton" opening |
Universal |
03 Nov 2023 |
| When Blanche meets Stanley in "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2023 |
| Play opener |
New York Times |
22 Oct 2023 |
| Play's first part |
Newsday |
17 Oct 2023 |
| "Othello" opener |
Universal |
17 Oct 2023 |
| Start of a play |
Universal |
13 Oct 2023 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
09 Oct 2023 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Sep 2023 |
| When Alexander meets Eliza, in "Hamilton" |
LA Times Daily |
24 Sep 2023 |
| Broadway opening |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Sep 2023 |
| Play starter |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2023 |
| Overture follower |
New York Times |
18 Jun 2023 |
| Prologue follower |
Wall Street Journal |
06 May 2023 |
| When the curtains open |
New York Times |
16 Apr 2023 |
| Play part that follows an overture |
LA Times Daily |
11 Apr 2023 |
| First part of a play |
Universal |
09 Apr 2023 |
| Show starter |
Newsday |
17 Mar 2023 |
| What light-dimming precedes |
Newsday |
11 Mar 2023 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Mar 2023 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Feb 2023 |
| When 'My Shot' is performed in 'Hamilton' |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Feb 2023 |
| Play opener |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2023 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
Newsday |
10 Feb 2023 |
| When 'Time Warp' is sung in the musical 'The Rocky Horror Show' |
New York Times |
01 Feb 2023 |
| Broadway opening |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2023 |
| Start to play? |
New York Times |
22 Jan 2023 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
01 Dec 2022 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
08 Nov 2022 |
| First part of a musical |
USA Today |
06 Nov 2022 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
25 Oct 2022 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet in 'Romeo and Juliet' |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2022 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet in “Romeo and Juliet” |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2022 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Prologue follower |
New York Times |
15 Oct 2022 |
| Start of a play |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2022 |
| Drama starter? |
New York Times |
05 Oct 2022 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Sep 2022 |
| When Hamilton meets Burr, in 'Hamilton' |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2022 |
| Musical opener? |
Universal |
29 Aug 2022 |
| First part of a play |
New York Times |
22 Aug 2022 |
| Dramatic opening |
Newsday |
18 Aug 2022 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
08 Aug 2022 |
| Play's first section |
Newsday |
02 Aug 2022 |
| "Chess" opening? |
Universal |
30 Jul 2022 |
| Play's first section |
Universal |
30 Jun 2022 |
| When Lear disowns Cordelia |
Newsday |
22 Apr 2022 |
| It may precede an intermission |
Universal |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Theater opening? |
Universal |
05 Apr 2022 |
| Start of a musical |
Universal |
17 Mar 2022 |
| Half of "Guys and Dolls" |
New York Times |
04 Mar 2022 |
| Opera’s opening |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Feb 2022 |
| First part of a play |
USA Today |
09 Feb 2022 |
| Play's first part |
Newsday |
08 Feb 2022 |
| Start of a play |
The Washington Post |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Start of a play |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2022 |
| Play's opening part |
USA Today |
09 Jan 2022 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Dec 2021 |
| It follows the overture |
Wall Street Journal |
06 Dec 2021 |
| Musical opening |
LA Times Daily |
28 Nov 2021 |
| Dramatic opener |
LA Times Daily |
24 Nov 2021 |
| Play starter |
LA Times Daily |
11 Nov 2021 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Oct 2021 |
| "Hamlet" beginning |
LA Times Daily |
14 Oct 2021 |
| 'Hamlet' beginning |
The Washington Post |
14 Oct 2021 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
Universal |
27 Sep 2021 |
| Ballet's beginning |
Universal |
26 Sep 2021 |
| Play's beginning |
Newsday |
25 Aug 2021 |
| It's a start |
New York Times |
21 Aug 2021 |
| Dramatic beginning |
New York Times |
20 Aug 2021 |
| Overture follower |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jul 2021 |
| Play's first part |
USA Today |
14 Jul 2021 |
| Part of a musical |
The Washington Post |
27 Jun 2021 |
| Part of a musical |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jun 2021 |
| First part of a play |
Universal |
26 May 2021 |
| First part of a musical |
USA Today |
16 May 2021 |
| Opening on Broadway |
The Washington Post |
05 May 2021 |
| Opening on Broadway |
LA Times Daily |
05 May 2021 |
| Overture follower |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Apr 2021 |
| Beginning of a play |
Newsday |
23 Mar 2021 |
| When Lear disowns Cordelia |
The Washington Post |
19 Feb 2021 |
| When Lear disowns Cordelia |
LA Times Daily |
19 Feb 2021 |
| Play's opening |
Newsday |
09 Feb 2021 |
| When the Battle of Yorktown occurs in 'Hamilton' |
New York Times |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Start of a play |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2021 |
| Play start |
Thomas Joseph |
17 Dec 2020 |
| ''Playbill'' header |
Newsday |
20 Nov 2020 |
| Play opener |
Eugene Sheffer |
05 Nov 2020 |
| Start of a play |
Universal |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Dramatic beginning |
Newsday |
29 Oct 2020 |
| Opening part of a play |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2020 |
| All of Albee's "The Zoo Story," essentially |
LA Times Daily |
11 Oct 2020 |
| All of Albee's 'The Zoo Story,' essentially |
The Washington Post |
11 Oct 2020 |
| When Hamlet sees his father's ghost |
New York Times |
06 Oct 2020 |
| It starts when the curtain goes up |
USA Today |
16 Sep 2020 |
| Play starter |
Premier Sunday |
13 Sep 2020 |
| Exposition setting |
Newsday |
04 Sep 2020 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
Universal |
26 Aug 2020 |
| Play opener |
Wall Street Journal |
18 Aug 2020 |
| When Caesar is told to 'Beware the ides of March' |
New York Times |
26 Jul 2020 |
| Broadway opening? |
New York Times |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Play opening |
The Washington Post |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Play opening |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2020 |
| Intermission preceder |
New York Times |
29 Jun 2020 |
| When a play's conflict is often established |
Universal |
25 Jun 2020 |
| Starting segment of a musical |
USA Today |
17 Jun 2020 |
| Broadway opening |
Newsday |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Play's first part |
USA Today |
14 Jun 2020 |
| Prologue follower |
New York Times |
13 Jun 2020 |
| Play opener |
Newsday |
31 May 2020 |
| Company start-up? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
03 May 2020 |
| 'Once' opening |
The Washington Post Sunday |
05 Apr 2020 |
| When Juliet says, 'Go ask his name' |
The Washington Post |
03 Apr 2020 |
| When Juliet says, "Go ask his name" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Apr 2020 |
| Opening at the opera? |
Universal |
24 Mar 2020 |
| Play kickoff |
The Washington Post Sunday |
15 Mar 2020 |
| Play's opening segment |
USA Today |
26 Feb 2020 |
| Phone warning follower, at times |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2020 |
| First part of a play |
USA Today |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Broadway opening |
New York Times |
16 Feb 2020 |
| Broadway opening |
|
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| First part of a play |
LA Times Daily |
02 Dec 2019 |
| First part of a play |
The Washington Post |
02 Dec 2019 |
| When the story starts on stage |
The Washington Post |
17 Nov 2019 |
| When the story starts on stage |
LA Times Daily |
17 Nov 2019 |
| First part of a play |
Newsday |
11 Nov 2019 |
| When Macbeth meets the witches |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Sep 2019 |
| It follows a curtain's rise |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2019 |
| Play's first part |
Newsday |
27 Aug 2019 |
| Elphaba sings “Defying Gravity” at the end of it |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Aug 2019 |
| All of Sartre's "No Exit"? |
LA Times Daily |
11 Aug 2019 |
| All of Sartre's 'No Exit'? |
The Washington Post |
11 Aug 2019 |
| Broadway opening |
Wall Street Journal |
03 Aug 2019 |
| Drama opening |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jul 2019 |
| Drama opening |
The Washington Post |
22 Jul 2019 |
| 'Chess' opening? |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| Opening of a play |
Newsday |
10 Jun 2019 |
| With 66-Down, when Lady Macbeth says, 'Leave all the rest to me' |
The Washington Post |
19 May 2019 |
| With 66-Down, when Lady Macbeth says, "Leave all the rest to me" |
LA Times Daily |
19 May 2019 |
| When 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' is spoken in 'Macbeth' |
The Washington Post |
03 May 2019 |
| When "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is spoken in "Macbeth" |
LA Times Daily |
03 May 2019 |
| When the soothsayer warns Caesar |
Newsday |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Start of a play |
The Washington Post |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Start of a play |
LA Times Daily |
11 Mar 2019 |
| Play opener |
USA Today |
06 Mar 2019 |
| Teleplay opener |
Newsday |
22 Feb 2019 |
| Dramatic opening? |
The Washington Post |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Dramatic opening? |
LA Times Daily |
20 Feb 2019 |
| Intermission preceder, maybe |
Universal |
27 Jan 2019 |
| It includes the opening scene |
USA Today |
25 Jan 2019 |
| It includes the opening scene |
|
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| Intermission preceder, maybe |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| With 66-Down, when Lady Macbeth says, "Leave all the rest to me" |
|
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| When "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" is spoken in "Macbeth" |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| Dramatic opening? |
|
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| Drama opening |
|
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| All of Sartre's "No Exit"? |
|
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| It follows a curtain's rise |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| Time for the opening scene |
|
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| Broadway opening |
|
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| Elphaba sings "Defying Gravity" at the end of it |
|
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| When Macbeth meets the witches |
|
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| When Prospero declares 'My library was dukedom large enough' in 'The Tempest' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
07 Dec 2018 |
| Follower of a rising curtain |
LA Times Daily |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Follower of a rising curtain |
The Washington Post |
18 Nov 2018 |
| Show starter? |
Jonesin |
06 Nov 2018 |
| Operatic opening |
Newsday |
18 Oct 2018 |
| Play opener |
The Washington Post |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Play opener |
LA Times Daily |
16 Oct 2018 |
| Dramatic opening |
New York Times |
22 Sep 2018 |
| Stage start |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Sep 2018 |
| Opening on Broadway? |
New York Times |
11 Sep 2018 |
| Play starter |
USA Today |
12 Aug 2018 |
| Play's start |
Wall Street Journal |
19 Jun 2018 |
| When the tempest occurs in 'The Tempest' |
New York Times |
25 May 2018 |
| When Romeo first sees Juliet |
New York Times |
24 May 2018 |
| It starts when an overture's over |
New York Times |
07 Mar 2018 |
| It starts when the curtain rises |
USA Today |
15 Jan 2018 |
| When the tempest occurs in "The Tempest" |
|
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| When Prospero declares "My library was dukedom large enough" in "The Tempest" |
|
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| It starts when an overture's over |
|
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| Stage start |
|
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| Play's start |
|
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| Dramatic beginning |
|
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| Opening on Broadway? |
|
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| Play starter |
|
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| Follower of a rising curtain |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| Dramatic opening |
|
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| When Romeo first sees Juliet |
|
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| It starts when the curtain rises |
|
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| Musical opening |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2017 |
| First part of '1776' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
10 Dec 2017 |
| Start of a play |
New York Times |
30 Oct 2017 |
| Overture follower |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2017 |
| When the ghost of Old Hamlet appears |
USA Today |
16 Oct 2017 |
| Dramatic opening |
Newsday |
08 Oct 2017 |
| Curtain raiser |
Newsday |
24 Sep 2017 |
| Place for dramatic exposition |
Newsday |
22 Sep 2017 |
| When Romeo meets Juliet |
USA Today |
25 Jul 2017 |
| When "Kansas City" is sung in "Oklahoma!" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2017 |
| When 'Kansas City' is sung in 'Oklahoma!' |
The Washington Post |
07 Jul 2017 |
| Start of a play |
USA Today |
04 May 2017 |
| When Valjean is released from prison |
LA Times Daily |
28 Jan 2017 |
| When Lear disinherits Cordelia |
LA Times Daily |
27 Jan 2017 |
| Start of many a play |
The Washington Post |
08 Jan 2017 |
| When the ghost of Old Hamlet appears |
|
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| When Valjean is released from prison |
|
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| When "Kansas City" is sung in "Oklahoma!" |
|
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| It starts when the overture's over |
The Washington Post |
24 Nov 2016 |
| When Caesar is warned to "Beware the Ides of March" |
LA Times Daily |
12 Oct 2016 |
| Play's start |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2016 |
| Play's beginning |
Newsday |
27 Sep 2016 |
| When Hamlet says, 'Frailty, thy name is woman!' |
The Washington Post |
10 Sep 2016 |
| Dramatic start |
LA Times Daily |
12 Aug 2016 |
| Broadway opening |
The Washington Post |
22 Jul 2016 |
| When Valjean adopts Cosette |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jun 2016 |
| Theatrical opening |
The Washington Post |
28 Apr 2016 |
| Opera opener |
Universal |
26 Apr 2016 |
| When 'June Is Bustin' Out All Over' is heard in 'Carousel' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
08 Apr 2016 |
| Broadway opening? |
The Washington Post |
09 Mar 2016 |
| Exposition setting, often |
Newsday |
13 Feb 2016 |
| Onset of a plot |
The Washington Post |
11 Feb 2016 |
| Play starter |
Newsday |
24 Jan 2016 |
| Play starter |
New York Times |
21 Jan 2016 |
| Opera start |
Premier Sunday |
17 Jan 2016 |
| When Valjean adopts Cosette |
|
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| When "June Is Bustin' Out All Over" is heard in "Carousel" |
|
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| Dramatic start |
|
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| Play starter |
|
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| Play's start |
|
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| Start of 'The Nutcracker' |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2015 |
| First part of a play |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2015 |
| Play's start |
Premier Sunday |
08 Nov 2015 |
| When Romeo spies Juliet |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Oct 2015 |
| Intermission preceder, often |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Sep 2015 |
| Opening segment |
LA Times Daily |
29 Aug 2015 |
| When Tony sings "Maria" |
LA Times Daily |
22 Aug 2015 |
| Play opener |
Universal |
20 Aug 2015 |
| It follows a curtain-opening |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2015 |
| Place for character development |
Newsday |
21 May 2015 |
| Opening on Broadway |
New York Times |
03 May 2015 |
| When the soothsayer tells Caesar 'Beware the ides of March' |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
27 Mar 2015 |
| When the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears |
LA Times Daily |
28 Feb 2015 |
| ''Otello'' opener |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2015 |
| When Hamlet first sees a ghost |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2015 |
| Dramatic opener |
Newsday |
30 Jan 2015 |
| When Romeo first sees Juliet |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Jan 2015 |
| Play's start |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| Overture follower |
|
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| "Otello" opener |
|
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| Theater opener |
|
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| Place for character development |
|
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| First part of a play |
|
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| It follows a curtain-opening |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| When the soothsayer tells Caesar "Beware the ides of March" |
|
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| Opening on Broadway |
|
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| Prologue follower |
|
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| First part of a play |
|
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| It might follow an overture |
|
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| When Caesar is warned "Beware the ides of March" |
|
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| When Romeo spies Juliet |
|
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| Start of "The Nutcracker" |
|
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| Overture follower |
|
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| Intermission preceder, often |
|
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| Start of a play |
|
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| It starts when the overture's over |
|
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| Dramatic opener |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| When Hamlet first sees a ghost |
|
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| Opening segment |
|
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| When Tony sings "Maria" |
|
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| When the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears |
|
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| When the story begins, perhaps |
|
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| "Wicked" opening? |
|
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| When no one dies, in "Romeo and Juliet" |
|
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| Play's beginning |
|
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| Broadway opener |
|
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| Dramatic beginning |
|
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| Stage opening |
|
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| Broadway opening |
|
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| Overture follower |
|
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| Broadway opening |
|
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| Musical opening |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| Playbill heading |
|
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| When Macbeth meets the witches |
|
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
|
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| Early CliffsNotes subheading |
|
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| Opening of a play |
|
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| Play opener |
|
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| Prologue follower |
|
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| First part of "The Nutcracker" |
|
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| Opera's start |
|
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| Play period? |
|
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| When Annie sings "Maybe" |
|
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| When Stanley cries "Hey, Stella!" in "A Streetcar Named Desire" |
|
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| Play period? |
|
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| It starts "Siegfried" |
|
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| Intermission preceder |
|
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| Theater opening |
|
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| Broadway opening? |
|
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| Theater opening |
|
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
|
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| Play period? |
|
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
|
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| Overture follower |
|
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| Opening on Broadway |
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| Theatrical opening |
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| King Lear disinherits Cordelia here |
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| First fifth of a Shakespeare play |
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| Play's opening |
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| When Macbeth meets the three witches |
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| Show starter |
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| Play beginning |
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| When Valjean is released from prison |
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| Half of "Waiting for Godot" |
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| When Elder Kevin Price goes to Uganda, in "The Book of Mormon" |
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| B'way opening? |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| "Othello" opening |
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| Play beginning |
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| Shakespearean start |
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| When the ghost of Hamlet's father first appears |
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| Play opening |
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| Dramatic opener |
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| Play starter |
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| When Emile sings "Some Enchanted Evening" |
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| When Tony sings "Maria" |
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| Opera opener |
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| Dramatic opener |
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| Play starter |
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| When Caesar is told to beware |
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| When Emile sings "Some Enchanted Evening" |
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| Stage-play starter |
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| Play start |
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| Start of some entertainment |
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| Broadway opening |
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| Stage opening |
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| When the nude scene occurs in 10-Across |
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| Play opening |
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| When thumbs are bitten in "Romeo and Juliet" |
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| Theater opening |
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| It follows the overture |
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| When Eliza sings "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" |
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| It follows the overture |
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| When Eliza sings "Wouldn't It Be Loverly?" |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| Start of "Hamlet" |
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| When the Wicked Witch dies, in "Wicked" |
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| Theater opening? |
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| Start in literature |
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| Curtain raiser |
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| Dramatic start |
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| Play start |
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| Show opening |
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| When Romeo spots Juliet |
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| In "Macbeth," it opens with thunder and lightning |
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| Opening curtain follower |
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| Musical starter |
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| What the curtain opens on |
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| Play opener |
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| When Romeo spots Juliet |
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| Start of many a play |
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| Initial fifth of a Shakespeare play |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| When Romeo spots Juliet |
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
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| Play's opening |
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| It comes before intermission |
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| Play beginning |
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| "Sleuth" starter |
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
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| In "Macbeth," it opens with thunder and lightning |
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| "Macbeth" opener |
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
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| First part of a play |
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| It may follow the dimming of lights |
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| When Carmen sings the "Habanera" |
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| Curtain-parting time |
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
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| It opens with thunder and lightning, in "Macbeth" |
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| Play's first part |
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| When Maggie calls herself "a cat on a hot tin roof" |
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| Play starter |
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| Musical starter |
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| Play beginner |
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| Play start |
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| Play-synopsis subhead |
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| It opens on Broadway |
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| Where to see a dramatic beginning? |
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| It may follow the dimming of lights |
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| Start of a play |
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| When Giselle dies in "Giselle" |
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| First part of a musical |
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| Play opener |
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| When Hamlet's father's ghost appears |
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| When Hamlet's father's ghost appears |
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| When Giselle dies in "Giselle" |
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| It opens with thunder and lightning, in "Macbeth" |
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| Play opener |
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| Show starter |
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| Lights-out time |
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| When the shipwreck occurs in "The Tempest" |
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| "Macbeth" opener |
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| Broadway opening |
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| When Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| When Tevye sings "If I Were a Rich Man" |
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| When Romeo meets Juliet |
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| Start on a stage |
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| When Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| "Macbeth" opener |
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| Play part |
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| Play's early heading |
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| Stage start |
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| Play start |
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| Dramatic start |
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| Drama opening |
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| Play starter |
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| Show opener |
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| First portion of a play |
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| Play beginning |
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| When Tevye sings "If I Were a Rich Man" |
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| Play opener |
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| Play start |
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| "Henry V" opener |
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| When Romeo spots Juliet |
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| Follow-up to a curtain opening |
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| Opera opener |
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| Broadway opener |
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| Play beginning |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| Opener on Broadway |
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| Play part |
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| When Macbeth meets the witches |
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| Show opening |
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| Start of "Cymbeline," e.g. |
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| When Caesar is warned |
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| Show opener |
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| Play's opening |
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| When King Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| Playbill heading |
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| Opener on Broadway? |
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| Play time? |
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| Show opening |
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| When Hamlet says "Frailty, thy name is woman!" |
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| Broadway opening |
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| Broadway opening? |
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| It may follow an overture |
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| When to open the curtain |
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| Broadway opening? |
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| Musical opening |
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| It follows a curtain's rise |
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| Play opener |
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| When Hamlet sees Hamlet |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| Stage start |
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| When Mercutio delivers the Queen Mab speech |
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| Play section |
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| Stage opener |
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| "Hamlet" opener |
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| Drama beginning |
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| Overture follower |
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| Opera opening |
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| Show starter |
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| Overture follower |
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| When Hamlet sees the ghost |
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| Drama opening |
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| Broadway opening |
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| When the "Habanera" is sung in "Carmen" |
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| Show starter |
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| Script starter |
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| Broadway opening |
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| "Hamlet" starter |
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| It contains the opening scene |
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| When King Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| Show opener |
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| When Hamlet sees his father's ghost |
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| Where a play starts |
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| Musical opening |
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| Plot introducer |
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| Start of play? |
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| It starts at curtain time |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| Show opener |
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| Start of a show |
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| Curtain raiser? |
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| Theatrical kick-off |
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| Play start |
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| When King Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| Opera synopsis heading |
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| Musical beginning |
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| Play starter |
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| Show starter |
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| Curtain-rising time |
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| Play's kickoff? |
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| When Carmen meets Don José |
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| When the witches first appear in "Macbeth" |
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| When the curtain rises |
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| Show opener |
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| When Hamlet meets his father's ghost |
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| When the curtain rises |
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| Broadway opening? |
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| Curtain raiser |
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| Show starter |
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| When the lights dim |
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| B'way opening |
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| It may follow an overture |
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| In "Macbeth," it begins "When shall we three meet again" |
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| Dramatic beginning |
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| Broadway opener |
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| Play starter |
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| It often follows an overture |
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| It may follow an overture |
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| In "Macbeth," it begins "When shall we three meet again" |
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| Dramatic beginning |
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| Broadway opener |
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| When Romeo met Juliet |
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| "Twelfth Night" opener |
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| Intermission preceder |
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| Broadway opener |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| Where the play begins |
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| When the Soothsayer warns Caesar |
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| Overture follower |
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| When "Seventy Six Trombones" is first heard |
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| Play opening |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| Play opener, usually |
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| Curtain opener |
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| Broadway opener |
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| Play beginning |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| Play opening |
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| Broadway opening? |
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| Play start |
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| Curtain raiser |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| Shrew's opening |
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| Where Hamlet meets Dad |
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| Opera opener |
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| Play opening |
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| Drama opening |
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| Broadway opener |
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| Show opener |
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| Play start |
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| "Henry V" opener |
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| Overture follower |
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| King Lear disinherits Cordelia here |
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| Play opening |
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| Play s beginning |
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| Play opener |
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| Broadway opening? |
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| Dramatic opening |
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| Play opener |
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| Play part |
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| First part of a play |
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| Dramatic beginning? |
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| "Twelfth Night" beginning |
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| Broadway start |
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| Intermission preceder |
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| Curtain-raising time |
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| Intermission preceder |
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| Dramatic beginning |
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| Broadway beginning |
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| When King Lear disinherits Cordelia |
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| Play opening |
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| Drama start |
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| It follows a curtain-raising |
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| Intermission preceder |
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| Play's beginning |
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| When the play starts |
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| Overture follower |
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| Curtain raiser |
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| Start for a playwright |
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| Overture follower |
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| "Pal Joey" opening |
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| Initial part of a play |
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| Beginning of The Tempest |
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| Curtain-parting time |
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| Broadway start |
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| Stage beginning |
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| Play's opener |
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| Pre-intermission period |
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| Start of Cymbeline e.g. |
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| Play section |
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| Script starter |
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| Playbill heading |
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| Playbill words |
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| Curtain raiser |
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| Shakespearean play part |
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| Play part |
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| Start of a Simon opus |
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| "The Frogs" kickoff, e.g. |
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| Theatrical starter |
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| Start of "Hamlet" |
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| Curtain-raiser |
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| Opening scenes |
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| It's after the prologue |
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| "Hamlet" opener |
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| "Othello" opener |
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| Heading on a playbill |
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| Play opener |
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| "Hamlet" part |
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| Drama segment |
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| Start of an O'Casey opus |
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| Tragicomedy segment |
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| Part of "Parsifal" |
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| Part of a play |
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| Wherein Hamlet sees a ghost |
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| First of nine in "Strange Interlude" |
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| First of five in "Hamlet" |
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| Beginning of a drama |
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| Starter on B'way |
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| Drama opener |
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| Hart's story |
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| H-hour, theatrically |
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| First part of a drama. |
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| First part of "Hamlet." |
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| Beginning of a play. |
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| Part of a play. |
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| Play division. |
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| Whence "Nothing will come of nothing" in "King Lear" |
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| Playbill listing. |
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| Play opener. |
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| Program listing. |
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| Opening of a sort. |
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| Play section. |
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| When the curtain rises. |
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| Drama part. |
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| Playwright's concern. |
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| Play's beginning. |
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| Playbill entry. |
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| Play part. |
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| Drama section. |
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| Start of a play. |
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| Start of a drama. |
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| Part of a drama. |
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| Section of a drama. |
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| Play division |
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