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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Couldn't go on with the performance even with the understudies because of the police coming in.
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Désirée was Countess Maud, and here he was in such a short time, having to use the understudy again.
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Drew became less punctual, he muffed his lines, and was often replaced by an understudy .
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For her last week, Cuka had been appearing with understudy Richard Franklin because Crawford had laryngitis.
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In a company without understudies, this presented a problem, but the Ailey dancers were used to last-minute adjustments.
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In her place was her understudy , Miss Lisa Fennell, a young dancer usually seen in the chorus.
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Since the understudy was off with flu, there could be no show.
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The role, after all, was written for the actress, considered so indispensable that she had no understudy .