Definition of "theatricality" [theatricality]

• Theatrical behaviour and mannerisms (noun)

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• "As with most of these play, a great deal of the theatricality is outside of the words and “story.”"
• ""real life" roles and the blurring, semi-transparent quality of lace, Marie Antoinette's theatricality is crucial for connecting her sartorial reign to the"
• "“Moves,” famous for being danced in silence, isn’t really so much a ballet as a series of sketches, and some of its repeated and outstretched splayed-hand gestures look phony, but Robbins’s theatricality is such that it still commands the attention of the general audience better than any other dance I have ever known performed without aural accompaniment."