Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—J

Juveniles

(3 syl.), in theatrical parlance, means those actors who play young men's parts, whether in tragedy, melodrama, or light comedy. Thus a manager scoring a play would write against Hamlet, not the name of the actor, but “the leading Juvenile.”

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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