• deus ex machina
• red herring
• checkov's gun
• anagnorisis
• hubris
• catharsis
• peripeteia
• hamartia
• pathos

circus

• calliope
• harpsichord
• other musicians
• set designer
• illusionist
• jazz music
• southern gothic
• romilly collier
• maris collier
• devina
• porcelain masks all over her house
• couturier
• romilly verne
• quigley/pippin
• petra/phila/philomena/phillipa/phyllis
• lark
• verna quigley
• vita
• coppelia, lac des cygnus, giselle, les sylphides, la boutique