Definition:
"Fanfare (of trumpets, etc.) esp. to announce approach of a distinguished person" (Onions and Eagleson 1986)
Category:
Stage direction - Offstage event / Sound
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Observation:
This stage direction precedes the entrance of a royal entourage
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Observation:
It precedes the entrance of the King, Queen, Prince Hamlet, the Council etc.