first night performance

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• first night — first nights N COUNT: oft N n The first night of a show, play, or performance is the first public performance of it …   English dictionary

• first night — first′ night′ n. 1) sbz the night on which a theatrical or other production is first performed in a place, esp. the night of the official opening 2) sbz the performance itself • Etymology: 1705–15 …   From formal English to slang

• first night — n the evening when the first public performance of a show, play etc is given …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• first night — ► NOUN ▪ the first public performance of a play or show …   English terms dictionary

• first-night|er — «FURST NY tuhr», noun. a person who makes a practice of attending the theater on the nights of the first public performance of plays …   Useful english dictionary

• First-night audience —    Those who attend the opening night performance should logically be the most open minded and avid theatergoers. However, this audience which has not yet consciously or unconsciously assimilated the opinions of the critics tends to be restrained …   The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater

• first night — noun 1. : the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place 2. : the performance given on a first night …   Useful english dictionary

• first night — noun the first public performance of a play or show …   English new terms dictionary

• first night — noun (C) the evening when the first public performance of a show, play etc is given …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• first night — /fɜst ˈnaɪt/ (say ferst nuyt) noun the first public performance of a play, music production, etc …  

• first night — noun Date: 1698 the night on which a theatrical production is first performed at a given place; also the performance itself …   New Collegiate Dictionary