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- noun plural Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
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- noun Plural form of
theatrical . - noun
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Examples
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Johnston's love of "theatricals" is well-represented, and if some of his Old Etonian ribaldry sounded better than it reads 20 years on, it is forgivable because the opportunity to indulge his passions is executed engagingly and with such enthusiasm.
The Best Views from the Boundary – Test Match Special's Greatest Interviews Rob Bagchi 2010
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Amateur theatricals is all right for an occupation for them that hasn't got anything to do nor nowhere to go, but they cause useless agony to an audience.
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Good-bye, Lady Wolvercote; I hope the fair and the theatricals will be a great success.
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MY DEAR ROUGE POT, -- You say that you all want to have "theatricals" these holidays, and beg me to give you some useful rules and hints to study before the Christmas Play comes out in the December Number of
The Peace Egg and Other tales Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing 1863
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Life has become a whirlwind of theatricals, games, suppers, treasure hunts, and parties.
Exit the Actress Priya Parmar 2011
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A cut-throat drama school culture, he argues, is replacing the co-operative ethos and wide experience once offered by amateur theatricals and by the old regional repertory companies.
Ian McKellen warns theatre is at risk from fall in acting standards Vanessa Thorpe 2010
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It even sponsored theatricals, and Wilson not only directed two but, incredibly, also performed in a cross-dressing role as Tom Carberry in The Spirit of 76 -- a highly popular farce of this time, exploring what might happen if gender roles were completely inverted.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Harriet Wilson's Sunday School Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2011
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Not only did he come to help in the theatricals, but insensibly, and as
CHAPTER 13 2010
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It even sponsored theatricals, and Wilson not only directed two but, incredibly, also performed in a cross-dressing role as Tom Carberry in The Spirit of 76 -- a highly popular farce of this time, exploring what might happen if gender roles were completely inverted.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: Harriet Wilson's Sunday School Jr. Henry Louis Gates 2011
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"The real-estate business is a working endowment for the theaters," said Gina Vernaci, vice president of theatricals for PlayhouseSquare.
In Cleveland, a Model of Economic Viability in the Arts Joel Henning 2011
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