figurant
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The French stage has a story of a figurant who ruined at once a new tragedy and his own prospects by an unhappy lapsus linguæ, the result of undue haste and nervous excitement.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
The infusory chaos of Revel's exhortation had made this weary figurant and mimicker of Death tender and grave.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
He ventures to hold that as much talent is necessary to constitute a tolerable figurant as to make a good actor.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
Summa theologica," pars III., questio 60 usque ad 85: "Sacramenta efficiunt quod figurant....
From The Modern Regime, Volume 1 by Durand, John
The figurant, from this modest and accidental beginning of his career as an actor, speedily rose to be famous.
From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton
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