Another word for theatric | Synonyms for theatric

Another word for theatric

adjective

Of or relating to drama or the theater:
dramatic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, histrionic, histrionical, theatrical, thespian. See performing arts
Suggesting drama or a stage performance, as in emotionality or suspense:
dramatic, histrionic, histrionical, melodramatic, sensational, spectacular, theatrical. See excite, style, surprise

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David Hume summed up his admiration for Douglas by saying that his friend possessed "the true theatric genius of Shakespeare and Otway, refined from the unhappy barbarism of the one and licentiousness of the other."
This he accomplished, first in 1859, a number of times, always with different theatric variations: blindfold, in a sack, trundling a wheelbarrow, on stilts, carrying a man on his back, sitting down midway while he made and ate an omelette.

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