dramatic representation

  • 1dramatic representation — index histrionics Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2dramatic literature — Introduction       the texts of plays that can be read, as distinct from being seen and heard in performance.       The term dramatic literature implies a contradiction in that literature originally meant something written and drama meant… …

    Universalium

  • 3dramatic — dramatic, theatrical, dramaturgic, melodramatic, histrionic are not close synonyms although all imply special reference to plays as performed by actors or to the effects which are produced by acted plays. Dramatic basically denotes relationship… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 4Representation — Rep re*sen*ta tion ( z?n t? sh?n), n. [F. repr?sentation, L. representatio.] 1. The act of representing, in any sense of the verb. [1913 Webster] 2. That which represents. Specifically: (a) A likeness, a picture, or a model; as, a representation… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 5Dramatic Performances Act — The Dramatic Performances Act was implemented by the British Raj in India in the year 1876 to police seditious Indian theatre. India, being a colony of the British Empire had begun using the theatre as a tool of protest against the oppressive… …

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  • 6representation — noun Date: 15th century 1. one that represents: as a. an artistic likeness or image b. (1) a statement or account made to influence opinion or action (2) an incidental or collateral statement of fact on the faith of which a contract is entered… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 7National Operatic and Dramatic Association — Full name National Operatic and Dramatic Association Founded 1899 Country United Kingdom Head …

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  • 8EZEKIEL — EZEKIEL, a major prophet who is said to have begun prophesying in the fifth year of Jehoiachin s exile in Babylonia, seven years before the final fall of Jerusalem; his prophecies are recorded in the book that bears his name. The name Ezekiel… …

    Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • 9The Theatre —     The Theatre     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Theatre     Considering the tone of what is preserved to us of the works of the Greek tragedians and even of the comedies of Plautus and Terence, it seems at first difficult to understand the… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 10drama — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Theater Nouns 1. drama; the drama, the stage, the theater, legitimate theater, street theater; show business, theatricals, theatrics, performance art; theater of the absurd, the mind, cruelty,… …

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