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Definition of Dramatics
1. Noun. Participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity.
2. Noun. The art of writing and producing plays.
Examples of category: Amphitheater, Amphitheatre, Closed-circuit Television, House, Theater, Theatre, Dramatic Irony, Flies, Place, Seat, Booking Clerk, Ticket Agent, Act, Play, Playact, Roleplay, Stooge, Enter, Support, Star, Appear, Co-star, Ham, Ham It Up, Overact, Overplay, Underact, Underplay, Upstage, Downstage
Generic synonyms: Communicating, Communication
Specialized synonyms: Stage
Terms within: Dramatic Composition, Dramatic Work
Derivative terms: Dramaturgic, Dramaturgical, Theatrical, Theatrical
Definition of Dramatics
1. Noun. (''used with a singular or plural verb'') the art of acting and stagecraft. ¹
2. Noun. (''used with a singular or plural verb'') dramatic behaviour. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dramatics
1. [n]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dramatics
Literary usage of Dramatics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Producing in Little Theaters by Clarence Stratton (1921)
"CHAPTER XI EDUCATIONAL Dramatics THE statement made in the first chapter of ...
The term educational dramatics is so wide that it may serve to cover any ..."
2. The German Element in the United States with Special Reference to Its by Albert Bernhardt Faust (1909)
"... Schiller's " Maid of Orleans " at Harvard — College dramatics — American
playwrights — Charles Klein — Favorable indications for the future. ..."
3. Labor Maintenance: A Practical Handbook of Employees' Service Work by Daniel Bloomfield (1920)
"Dramatics Among the many activities which groups may profitably engage in, whether
in connection with their own clubhouse or club, are dramatics. ..."
4. The Essentials of æsthetics in Music, Poetry, Painting, Sculpture and by George Lansing Raymond (1921)
"... Dancing, Pantomime, Elocution, and Dramatics—The Humanities—External Products
Necessitated in Music— Poetry—Painting and Sculpture—And in Architecture. ..."
5. Handbook by Lake Placid club, Lake Placid Club (N.Y., Lake Placid Club (N.Y.), Cyclists Touring Club, Muskegon Yacht Club, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, Frankston Yacht Club (1901)
"Dramatics. The club has unusual provision for dramatics and other entertainments.
Besides the usual parlors and libraries and 2 ..."
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