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Definition of Dress circle
1. Noun. A curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra. "They had excellent seats in the dress circle"
Generic synonyms: Seating, Seating Area, Seating Room, Seats
Group relationships: House, Theater, Theatre
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dress Circle
Literary usage of Dress circle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1908)
"Stalls 10s. éd., dress circle 7s. 6d. and 6s., family circle 5s. and 4s., pit 2s.
... 6d., dress circle 7s. Qd. and 5s., upper circle 4s. and 3s., pit 2s. ..."
2. A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs by Ward, Lock and Company, ltd (1907)
"6d.; dress circle, 55. to 73. 6d.; upper circle, 53. and 45. Comic opera Stalls,
los. ... 6d.; dress circle, 73. 6d. and 6s.; upper Comic opera Stalls, los. ..."
3. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"All the seats in the dress circle will be chairs, and the utmost care has been taken
... Beneath the dress circle are arranged the boxes— a somewhat novel ..."
4. The Revised Reports: Being a Republication of Such Cases in the English by Frederick Pollock, Robert Campbell, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1899)
"That of the said five private boxes in the dress circle, and of the said five
private ... the circle immediately over the dress circle, the said defendant, ..."
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