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A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.

THEATRICAL
Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures. -- The*at`ri*cal"i*ty, n. -- The*at"ric*al*ly, adv. No
ENTERTAINMENT
1. The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general. The entertainment of Christ by faith. Baxter. The sincere entertainment and practice of the precepts of the
DRAMATIC; DRAMATICAL
Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.
THEATRICALS
Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs. Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.
DRAMATICALLY
In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
AMPHITHEATRICALLY
In the form or manner of an amphitheater.
MELODRAMATIC
Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.
AMPHITHEATRIC; AMPHITHEATRICAL
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling, an amphitheater.
MONODRAMATIC
Pertaining to a monodrama.