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Flies
Flies, space above the stage, hidden from the audience, where scenery can be lifted clear from the stage, or ‘flown’, by the manipulation of ropes. In the traditional system of hand working, the stage hands in charge of the flies were known as fly-men and worked on fly-floors, or galleries running along each side of the stage. Between the fly-floors there were formerly catwalks, narrow communicating bridges 2 to 3 ft. wide over each set of wings, slung on iron stirrups from the grid to which the ropes, or lines, were attached. Large Continental theatres and opera houses sometimes had as many as three pairs of fly-floors, but English theatres rarely had more than one pair. Scenery is now generally flown by the counterweight system.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Flies." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Flies." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Flies.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Flies." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-Flies.html |
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flies See Diptera.
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"flies." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "flies." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-flies.html "flies." A Dictionary of Biology. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O6-flies.html |
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flies See DIPTERA.
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MICHAEL ALLABY. "flies." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL ALLABY. "flies." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-flies.html MICHAEL ALLABY. "flies." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O8-flies.html |
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flies
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•archaize • heroize • ghettoize
•Judaize • bye-byes • disenfranchise
•propagandize • periodize • iodize
•merchandise • melodize
•gourmandize • methodize
•anthropomorphize • apostrophize
•elegize • analogize • syllogize
•anthologize, mythologize, psychologize, tautologize, theologize
•hierarchize
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"flies." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "flies." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-flies.html "flies." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-flies.html |
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