Shadow play Shadow play, also known as shadow puppetry, is an ancient form of storytelling and entertainment which uses flat articulated cut-out figures (shadow puppets) which are held between a source of light and a translucent screen or scrim. The cut-ou ...

refers to shadow puppetry or shadow theatre. Shadowplay, Shadow Play or The Shadow Play may refer to:

Literature

* ''Shadowplay'' (novel), 2007 novel by Tad Williams *''Shadowplay'', 1990 novel by

Jo Clayton Jo Clayton (February 15, 1939 – February 13, 1998) was an American fantasy and science fiction author. She wrote 35 novels and many short stories. Her works sold over one and a quarter million copies.James W. Fiscus,Obituary and fact sheet: Jo ...

*''Shadowplay'', 1993 novel by

Nigel Findley Nigel D. Findley (July 22, 1959 – February 19, 1995) was a Canadian game designer, editor, and an author of science fiction and fantasy novels and role-playing games (RPGs). Biography Nigel Findley was born in Venezuela in 1959 to Canadian par ...

*''Shadowplay'', 2005 graphic novel series by

Ashley Wood Ashley Wood (born 1971) is Australian comic book artist and award-winning illustrator"2002 ...

Ben Templesmith Ben Templesmith (born 7 March 1984) is an Australian comic book artist best known for his work in the American comic book industry, most notably the Image Comics series ''Fell (comics), Fell'', with writer Warren Ellis, and IDW Publishing, IDW's ...

Christina Z Christina Z is an American comics writer known for being the first woman to break onto the ''Wizard'' magazine Top 10 list of top-selling writers. She achieved this status for her work on the Image Comics title ''Witchblade''. She wrote and laid ...

*''Shadowplay'', 2010 novel by

Karen Campbell Karen Campbell (born 1967, Paisley, Scotland) is a Scottish writer of contemporary fiction. Her first four novels, while billed as police procedurals, form a quartet set in Glasgow which goes behind the uniform, to examine the lives of people ...

*''Shadowplay'', 2014 novel by Laura Lam *''Shadowplay'', 2019 novel by

Joseph O'Connor Joseph Victor O'Connor (born 20 September 1963) is an Irish novelist. His 2002 historical novel '' Star of the Sea'' was an international number one bestseller. Before success as an author, he was a journalist with the ''Sunday Tribune'' newspap ...

* ''Shadow Play'' (play), 1935 play by Noël Coward *''Shadow Play'', 1993 novel by Charles Baxter * "Shadow Play" (''Look and Read'') (2004), the last story of ''

Look and Read ''Look and Read'' is a BBC Television programme for primary schools, aimed at improving children's literacy skills. The programme presents fictional stories in a serial format, the first of which was broadcast in 1967 and the most recent in 20 ...

Film

* ''Shadow Play'' (film), a 1986 TV movie * ''The Shadow Play'' (1992 film), a Turkish film directed by Yavuz Turgul * ''The Shadow Play'' (2018 film), Chinese film directed by Lou Ye * ''Shadowplay'' (2022 film), a 2022 Czech film directed by Peter Bebjak

Television

*"Shadow Play", an episode of ''Doctor Who Confidential'' that accompanies "

Silence in the Library "Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story; the second part, ...

" * "Shadow Play" (''Stargate SG-1''), an episode of the television series ''Stargate SG-1'' * "Shadow Play" (''The Twilight Zone'', 1959), an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' starring Dennis Weaver * "Shadow Play" (''The Twilight Zone'', 1985), an episode of ''The Twilight Zone'' and a remake of the 1961 episode *, also released as ''

The Defeated ''The Defeated'', also known as ''Shadowplay'', is a 2020 television series. Plot New York Police Department Detective Max McLaughlin gets assigned to post-World War II Berlin by the United States Department of State to help organize and esta ...

'' (2020), a TV series about the aftermath of World War II * "Shadowplay" (''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''), an episode of ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''

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Shadow Play (horse) Shadow Play (foaled 5 June 2005 in Pennsylvania) is a world-record-holding standardbred racehorse. He was sired by The Panderosa, out of Matts Filly, a Matts Scooter mare. The colt was purchased as a yearling for $16,000, and is owned by Dr ...

, world record-holding Standardbred racehorse *

Nvidia Shadowplay Nvidia ShadowPlay is a hardware-accelerated screen recording utility available as part of Nvidia's GeForce Experience software for GeForce GPUs. Launched in 2013, it can be configured to record a continuous buffer, allowing the user to save the vide ...

, hardware accelerated screen recording by Nvidia *''

ShadowPlay Shadow play refers to shadow puppetry or shadow theatre. Shadowplay, Shadow Play or The Shadow Play may refer to: Literature * ''Shadowplay'' (novel), 2007 novel by Tad Williams *''Shadowplay'', 1990 novel by Jo Clayton *''Shadowplay'', 1993 nove ...

'', the first WiiWare game to use Wii MotionPlus * "Shadowplay" (song), a song originally by Joy Division *"Shadow Play", a song by Rory Gallagher from the album ''

Photo-Finish A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the finis ...

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