DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
700 Amusem ents For ethics of amusements, see 175
791 Public entertainment
Including summer resorts, amusement parks and museums discust from standpoint of
public entertainment }
For wrestling and other athletic sports see 796.8. For customs see 394
Traveling shows
Clowns, mountebanks, jugglers, tightrope walkers, rope dancers; conjuring,
ventriloquism, ministrel shows
For private performances see 793. For circuses see 791.3
Concerts Floral games
Music and poetry competitions
Circuses
Hippodromes, horse shows, cirsensian games
Panoramas Magic lanterns Moving pictures
Clas here general works on moving pictures as entertainment. For fotoplays
see 702. For moving pictures as method of education see 371.335
Waxworks Miniature theaters Shadow pantomimes
Marionets, puppets, Punch and Judy
Public fétes
Fairs, pageantry, historic pageants, Mardi Gras, parades, cavalcades, illuminations.
fireworks
Public games and sports
Jousts, greast poles, see-saws, swings, merry-go-rounds, roller coasters, rinks
Menageries Traind animals
Animal sports. Combats between and against animals: wrestling bears, bull-
fights, dog fights, baiting badgers, cat and rat fights, cock fights, etc.
Traind or trick animals. For horse racing see 798.4; for racing other animals
8.
To 2 tel gardens see 500.7
Other
Theater Stage Dramatic art
Fotoplays. See also 782 Dramatic music; 793 Private theatricals. For architecture
of theaters see 725.82; for dramatic literature see appropriate subdivisions under 800
Serious drama Tragedy
Passion plays, miracle plays, morality plays ‘
Comedy Vaudevil
Farce Pantomime
Opera Lyric drama
Comic opera
Operetta and musical comedy
Music halls
See 725.81
Ballet Fairy scenes Choreografy
Other
Indoor entertaiment Parties
Including lawn parties, etc.
Private theatricals
See also 792 Theater
Entertainments requiring preparation
Seasonal entertainments
Autumn, Christmas, Washington's birthday, Mav day
Tableaux Charades
Living statuary. acted proverbs, game of caracters
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