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theatrical

/θiˈætɹɪkəl/ noun C2
  1. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
  2. A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
  3. A person who works in theatre.

Plural theatricals

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We would think the whole had been fixed up for theatrical effect if there wasn’t a dead man in the middle of it.
The Valley of Fear, p. 20 · C1
In rapid succession we passed through the fringe of fashionable London, hotel London, theatrical London, literary London, commercial London, and, finally, maritime London, till we came to a riverside city of a hundred thousand souls, where the tenement houses swelter and reek with the outcasts of Europe.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 81 · C1
But this counsel effectually decided Mademoiselle Danglars never to commit herself by being seen in public with one destined for a theatrical life; and acting upon this principle, the banker’s daughter, though perfectly willing to allow Mademoiselle Louise d’Armilly (that was the name of the young virtuosa) to practice with her through the day, took especial care not to be seen in her company.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 544 · C1
No, indeed; the exclamation appears quite theatrical and affected.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 952 · C1

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