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incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect
his business with the cane was hilarious
How To Use byplay In A Sentence
- The White House, Situation Room, interagency byplay, as important as they are, are not everything. Backstage Drama
- One can only imagine what the common folk thought of this byplay.
- It matters little whether a genre's high or low: The horseplay, the byplay, the wordplay's the thing - the ready wit is all.
- Logan, the only senior who marked the byplay, thought him a hardy young spunkie. The House with the Green Shutters
- The tonal similarities of the two actors lead to some fascinating byplay, and he structures the piece as a series of surprises and sharp contrasts: a languorous song suddenly gives way to ecstatic dancing or bright chatter.
- The byplay created by the argument over whether a comedy or a tragedy should be played fits the secrecy/revelation pattern.
- Now, again, there is a byplay there between the suggestion that the Crown is involved in some sort of subterfuge in this case.
- The mechanicals in Midsummer were slow and dull, indulging in endless, random byplay rather than the specific actions called for in the text.
- Firstly, there is an interesting byplay in the film between sexual and existential desire.
- After his opening remarks, frequently some byplay with Hank teasing the band about everything from their haircuts to how sleepy they all were at 7 a.m., Hank Williams: The Working Musician, The Creative Genius