shadow play

shadow play

See also: shadowplay

English

Alternative forms

• shadowplay

Etymology

shadow + play

Noun

shadow play (countable and uncountable, plural shadow plays)

1. An ancient form of storytelling and entertainment using opaque, often articulated figures in front of an illuminated backdrop to create the illusion of moving images.

Translations

form of storytelling using opaque figures in front of an illuminated backdrop

Chinese: Mandarin: 皮影戲 (zh), 皮影戏 (zh) (píyǐngxì) Dutch: schimmenspel (nl) n Finnish: varjoteatteri French: théâtre d'ombres (fr) m German: Schattenspiel (de) n Hungarian: árnyjáték (hu) Indonesian: wayang (id)

Japanese: 影絵 (ja) (かげえ, kagee) Malay: wayang kulit Polish: teatr cieni m Portuguese: teatro de sombras m Russian: теа́тр тене́й m (teátr tenéj) Telugu: తోలుబొమ్మలాట (tōlubommalāṭa) Thai: หนังตะลุง (nǎng-dtà-lung), ตะลุง (dtà-lung) Turkish: gölge oyunu (tr)