Vamps (Q23546)

Doors cut in a flat and fitted with springs for an actor to jump through. In the cinema world, a “vamp” is what in melodrama days was called an adventuress.

Language	Label	Description	Also known as
English	Vamps	Doors cut in a flat and fitted with springs for an actor to jump through. In the cinema world, a “vamp” is what in melodrama days was called an adventuress.

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historical term

Vamps (English)

historical description

Doors cut in a flat and fitted with springs for an actor to jump through. In the cinema world, a “vamp” is what in melodrama days was called an adventuress. (English)

Source

Theatre and stage: a modern guide to the performance of all classes of amateur dramatic, operatic, and theatrical work (1923)

Publication date

1923

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