THEATRICAL ROLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does theatrical role mean? 

• THEATRICAL ROLE (noun)
  The noun THEATRICAL ROLE has 1 sense:

1. an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

  Familiarity information: THEATRICAL ROLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THEATRICAL ROLE (noun)

Meaning:

An actor's portrayal of someone in a play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

persona; theatrical role; role; character; part

Context example:

she played the part of Desdemona

Hypernyms ("theatrical role" is a kind of...):

characterization; enactment; personation; portrayal (acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "theatrical role"):

bit part; minor role (a small role)

heavy (a serious (or tragic) role in a play)

hero (the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem)

ingenue (the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play)

name part; title role (the role of the character after whom the play is named)

heroine (the main good female character in a work of fiction)

baddie; villain (the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction)