Definition of modern dress in English:

modern dress

noun

mass noun

Costumes for a theatrical production that are in a style from the period of performance rather than that of a play's setting or time of writing.
doing Shakespeare in modern dress is not an original idea
as modifier this is a modern-dress production
Example sentencesExamples
- All they have done is put everyone in modern dress and keep the text the same.
- I found the impact more persuasive because the players wore modern dress.
- This is an updated take on the first of the Wagner Ring operas, with characters wearing modern dress.
- This is a modern dress production.
- Staged in modern dress, stripping away the patriotic fervor, Hytner's direction of the play emphasized the human costs of war.
- The first major use of modern dress for Shakespeare in the 20th century was in a production of Hamlet in 1920.
- The vibrant cast in modern dress hurl contemporary references, songs, slang and asides into Shakespeare's verse.
- His original productions were mainly modern dress, with small casts.
- The device which distinguishes the play from other such accounts is the sure-handed transposition of biblical episodes to modern dress versions.
- It presents the tragedy in modern dress with a minimum of props and fuss.

词汇	modern dress
释义	Definition of modern dress in English: modern dress noun mass noun Costumes for a theatrical production that are in a style from the period of performance rather than that of a play's setting or time of writing. doing Shakespeare in modern dress is not an original idea as modifier this is a modern-dress production Example sentencesExamples All they have done is put everyone in modern dress and keep the text the same. I found the impact more persuasive because the players wore modern dress. This is an updated take on the first of the Wagner Ring operas, with characters wearing modern dress. This is a modern dress production. Staged in modern dress, stripping away the patriotic fervor, Hytner's direction of the play emphasized the human costs of war. The first major use of modern dress for Shakespeare in the 20th century was in a production of Hamlet in 1920. The vibrant cast in modern dress hurl contemporary references, songs, slang and asides into Shakespeare's verse. His original productions were mainly modern dress, with small casts. The device which distinguishes the play from other such accounts is the sure-handed transposition of biblical episodes to modern dress versions. It presents the tragedy in modern dress with a minimum of props and fuss.
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