Sentence examples for histrionic abilities from inspiring English sources
She had further occasions to display her histrionic abilities in two weepies, I Found Stella Parish (1935) and Comet Over Broadway (1938), in both of which she played the daughter of the melodrama queen Kay Francis.
His acting is quite good, but the picture itself is such a tawdry effort that Mr. Barrymore's histrionic ability is wasted.
It is impossible not to admire his stamina, his memory and his histrionic ability as he holds the stage for 100 minutes, taking on almost all the roles in this complex tragedy.
It is undoubtedly an interesting theme, but in the film it merely results in being an adult idea offered in adolescent form.Moreover, John Boles, who has hitherto relied in his screen work on his ability to sing rather than on his histrionic talent, impersonates the father.
Much of the fun in "The Patsy" derives from our delight in Mr. Greenspan's ability to infuse this sweet but creaky play with his own intensely histrionic sensibility.
Thus the intimate "Passage" (the earliest Kudelka work still performed) and the large-scale "Heart of the Matter" (his most recent achievement) are alike in their sense of narrative suggestion: their ability to evoke dramatic situations, character relationships and points-of-view through a compositional rather than histrionic approach.
The streets become histrionic.
These histrionic undulations were exhausting.
It is musically and emotionally histrionic.
Even brushing teeth becomes a histrionic act.
