Meaning of dramatis personæ | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic spelling of dramatis personae.

alt-of, archaic, plural, plural-normally

Examples

“For about the fifth time he then proposed the Heir at Law, doubting only whether to prefer⟳ Lord Duberley or Dr. Pangloss for himself, and very earnestly, but very unsuccessfully, trying to persuade⟳ the others that there were some fine tragic parts in the rest⟳ of the Dramatis Personæ.”

“They are constantly abusing Proserpine, who is introduced with all the trappings of Tartarean pomp into this performance, where there are no less than ninety-two dramatis personæ, among whom are the Virgin and God the Father.”

“He knew not his countrymen again: one trait of their character still, however, predominated,—their vanity and their love⟳ of dramatic situation: hence their liberty, equality, republic, were all êtres de raison, personified into so many dramatis personæ.”

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