This week's theme: words from theater. fourth wall (forth wol) noun
The imaginary wall between the stage and the audience. [From the idea of a stage as a box open on one side through which the audience sees the action. The term is also used as a metaphor for the boundary between fiction and reality.] -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "The comedy breaks the fourth wall to include audience members in a school spelling bee populated by odd characters." Clintons Attend Broadway's 'Spelling Bee' and Get Laughs; AP (New York); Jun 1, 2007. Sponsors' Messages: Always find the right word with the Visual Thesaurus. Wordsmith readers save 10%. Try it free! http://www.visualthesaurus.com/?ad=aw&code=mx0 Subscribe to http://delanceyplace.com -- a carefully selected non-fiction book excerpt free to your email each day. It's the thinking person's daily quotation. ............................................................................ Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone? -Thomas Wolfe, novelist (1900-1938) Our privacy policy: AWAD mailing list addresses are never sold, rented, leased, traded, swapped, exchanged, or bartered. We hate junk mail. Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/fourth_wall.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/fourth_wall.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/fourth_wall.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
