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Definition of Theatrical

1. Noun. A performance of a play.

2. Adjective. Of or relating to the theater.

3. Adjective. Suited to or characteristic of the stage or theater. "One of the most theatrical figures in public life"

Definition of Theatrical

1. a. Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures.

Definition of Theatrical

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the theatre. ¹

2. Adjective. Fake and exaggerated. ¹

3. Noun. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Theatrical

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Theatrical

theatre of operations theatre of war theatre stage theatre ticket theatregoer theatregoers theatregoing theatreland theatreless theatremaker

theatremakers theatres theatres of war theatrewide theatric theatrical (current term) theatrical agent theatrical film theatrical performance theatrical poster

theatrical producer theatrical production theatrical prop theatrical role theatrical season theatricalise theatricalised theatricalises theatricalising theatricalism

Literary usage of Theatrical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Life of William Shakespeare by Sidney Lee (1916)
"1627) made any testamentary reference to their theatrical shares, ... It is reasonable to regard his large theatrical estate as incorporating Shakespeare's ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"This ended the theatrical campaign of Lewis Hallam the elder, who retired with his family to Jamaica, where he died soon afterward. ..."

3. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"theatrical Records; or, an Account of English Dramatic Authors and their Works, Lond. ... theatrical Monitor for 1768. 18 nos. theatrical Review : or ..."

4. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1865)
"theatrical Records; or, an Account of English Dramatic Authors and their Works. ... theatrical Biography : or, Memoirs of the principal Performers of the ..."

5. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1872)
"This theatrical cant term is of ancient date. ... But theatrical censure, not content with imitating the goose, condescended to borrow from another of the ..."

6. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1905)
"theatrical PERFORMANCE. A musical performance Is not a theatrical, nor a dramatic, performance, within the meaning of Kev. ..."

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