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Divertissement   Listen
noun
Divertissement  n.  A short ballet, or other entertainment, between the acts of a play.






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"Divertissement" Quotes from Famous Books



... contemporary audiences and critics, and caused Martinenche to regard the play as an "ironique divertissement," intended to demonstrate that "Galds' art was supple and objective enough to set forth an idea apparently at variance with the general inspiration of his theater." Such an explanation would be in harmony with Galds' favorite custom of balancing one argument against ...
— Heath's Modern Language Series: Mariucha • Benito Perez Galdos



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