緞どん帳ちょう役やく者しゃ

noun

low-class kabuki actor; actor in cheap theater

A kabuki term for an actor of low rank or one who performs in inexpensive, low-status theaters. The word is specific to traditional theater contexts and is not used for modern actors.

• 彼かれは緞どん帳ちょう役やく者しゃから身みを起おこして、ついに大おお舞ぶ台たいに立たった。

  He started as a low-class kabuki actor and finally stood on the grand stage.