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Travestied
Travesty Trav"es*ty, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Travestied; p. pr. & vb. n. Travesting.] To translate, imitate, or represent, so as to render ridiculous or ludicrous. I see poor Lucan travestied, not appareled in his Roman toga, but under the cruel shears of an English tailor. --Bentley.
Travesties
Travesty Trav"es*ty, n.; pl. Travesties. A burlesque translation or imitation of a work. The second edition is not a recast, but absolutely a travesty of the first. --De Quincey.

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- Travesti is a theatrical character in an opera, play, or ballet performed by a performer of the opposite ****. For social reasons, female roles were pla****...
- UK and, later, in the US: for example Maurice Dowling's 1834 Ot****o Travestie, George W H Griffin's 1870 Ot****o (Ethiopian Burlesque), the anonymous...
- Jaroslav and Zdeňek, with the rôle of Benno danced by a female dancer en travestie. The rôle of Prince Siegfried was danced by Berger himself with the ballerina...
- Macbeth Travestie Momus Medlar (William Shakespeare) James XIX Stranger Travestie Momus Medlar (August von Kotzebue) James XX George Barnwell Travestie Momus...
- young boys were written for alto and soprano voices and acted by women en travestie (in English, in "trouser roles"). The most familiar trouser role in pre-Romantic...
- and Simonelli, Pino, Un mariage dans la baie de Naples; Naples ville travestie; special issue Mediterranée, "Masques", été 1983 (numéro 18), pp. 106–116...
- Covent Garden – 1 September 1986 A Celebration of Shakespeare "Hamlet Travestie" – Action Against Aids, at the Sadlers Wells TheatreHowes sang "So...
- occupation, and a number of prima ballerinas made their names by dancing en travestie. **** Elssler and her sister both pla**** travesty parts. The most well...
- Polish ballet performers at the 1827 Venice Carnival. The dancer on the left is performing "en travestie" as a woman taking the man's role....
- Otto. Rejected Addresses (1812) by Robert and Horace Smith, contains a "travestie" parody of The Stranger. Beethoven's "Turkish March", originally written...