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Definition of Comedians
1. comedian [n] - See also: comedian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comedians
Literary usage of Comedians
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the American Theatre by George Overcash Seilhamer (1888)
"Within a fortnight of Lewis Hallam's arrival at Yorktown, the " Company of
comedians from Virginia " reached Annapolis. This company had some kind of ..."
2. The Theatre of the Greeks: A Series of Papers Relating to the History and edited by John William Donaldson (1849)
"IT has been already remarked, that, though Greek Comedy underwent three successive
variations in form, we cannot arrange the comedians according to this ..."
3. The Theatre of the Greeks: A Series of Papers Relating to the History and by John William Donaldson, James Tate (1836)
"IT has been already remarked that though Greek Comedy underwent three successive
variations in form, we cannot arrange the comedians according to this ..."
4. History of the American Theatre by George Overcash Seilhamer (1889)
"THE comedians IN PHILADELPHIA A LONG ENGAGEMENT AT THE SOUTHWARK THEATRE DEBUT OF
... Philadelphia at that time was the metropolis, and before the comedians ..."
5. English Actors from Shakespeare to Macready by Henry Barton Baker (1879)
"CHAPTER V. SOME FAMOUS comedians OF THE GARRICK PERIOD. ... ONE of the finest
comedians of the last century was HARRY WOODWARD, the inimitable Mer- ..."
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