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tations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv. No meretricious aid whatever has been called in -- no trick, no illusion of the eye, nothing theatrical. R. Jefferies.…

tic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.

In the form or manner of an amphitheater.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater.

An artistic dance performed as a theatrical entertainment, or an interlude, by a number of persons, usually women. Sometimes, a scene accompanied by pantomime and dancing.

An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. --Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant]

A theatrical performance, a concert, or the like, the proceeds of which do not go to the lessee of the theater or to the company, but to some individual actor, or to some charitable use.

The stage in a theater; as, to go upon the boards, to enter upon the theatrical profession.

Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. -- Chamber counc…

An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus. [R.] T. Warton.

A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant. Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.

In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.