Dictionary entry

Theatricals

Pronunciation: /θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lz/

Pronunciation

/θɪˈatrɪk(ə)lz/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) ဇာတ်ပွဲခင်းကျင်းပြသခြင်း။ပွဲကခြင်း။

Definition

theatrical /θi'ætrÇkl/ adj ၁။ ျပဇာတ္။ ဇာတ္သဘင္။ theatrical performances ❍ a theatrical company/career. ၂။ ဇာတ္ဆန္ေသာ။ မင္းသား၊ မင္းသမီးဟန္။ theatrical gestures. ❏ theatricality /θi ' ætrÇ'kælǝti/ n [U] ဇာတ္ဟန္ပါျခင္း။ ဇာတ္ဆန္ျခင္း။ အမူအရာပိုလြန္းျခင္း။ I was fascinated by the sheer theatricality of the event. theatrically /-kli/ adv : theatrically challenging ❍ behave theatrically. ❏ theatricals n [pl] ျပဇာတ္။ ဇာတ္ပြဲ။ သဘင္။ amateur theatricals.

Examples

  1. ‘The appeal of The Producers as a musical was its wicked wish to mock the whole pantomime of theatrical production and all who play in it.’
  2. ‘In a play packed with theatrical metaphors
  3. he suggests even dictators are actors.’
  4. ‘I'm sure that he has appeared in many fine theatrical productions during his long career as actor.’
  5. ‘His stepfather
  6. Ludwig Geyer
  7. was an actor who roped the whole family into theatrical productions.’
  8. ‘Yes
  9. Baltinglass Amateur Dramatics are back with a theatrical treat for us.’
  10. ‘The basic conditions of theatrical performance force actors to use words and signs that the audience can understand.’
  11. ‘This is the theatrical equivalent of the whodunnit you buy at the airport as you go on holiday.’
  12. ‘Schlusser has chosen a deliberately anarchic style for the story
  13. subverting theatrical convention for effect.’
  14. ‘The long silences really worked in a theatrical space.’
  15. ‘He pulled and pushed at the social and theatrical conventions of his day and constantly experimented with new dramatic form and technique.’
  16. ‘Much as I admire the new theatrical economy
  17. I also feel a lot of American drama suffers from a telescoped urgency.’
  18. ‘The company had an imaginative director and two budding theatrical costumiers who saved the day.’
  19. ‘It by no means has the same effect eighty years later but the entertaining allegory remains a stimulating theatrical event.’
  20. ‘Powell's dramatic presence is obvious and his theatrical contribution assisted greatly in telling the story.’
  21. ‘In the 20 or 25 years of his theatrical career
  22. Shakespeare produced 37 plays.’
  23. ‘He has recently performed in successful theatrical productions of Beau Brummel and Sleuth in the West End.’
  24. ‘To some
  25. he is a theatrical god
  26. to others
  27. an egotistical showman.’
  28. ‘Fair enough
  29. he criticises the theatrical performance
  30. the acting
  31. the drama
  32. the setting.’
  33. ‘In the end the play seems less a debate about modern art than a clever theatrical con trick in which we
  34. like Adam
  35. emerge decisively duped.’
  36. ‘This was Siobhan's first major role in a theatrical production.’