Sentence examples for histrionic ability from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

Nothing in her playing was histrionic or forced.

Twelve (15%) had borderline personality disorder and 23 (29%) histrionic personality disorder.

Henderson's ability to contain his usual histrionics may have been as big a surprise as the final score.

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.

Mr. Greenspan is always a delight to watch, with his ability to integrate comic shtick and fanciful histrionics.

New York magazine praised Hawke's "understated direction", particularly his ability to "steer a gifted cast away from the histrionics".

It helps, too, that Mr Beale has an uncanny ability to connect with the audience, with neither vanity nor histrionics; there is something eerily and painfully immediate to his Leontes.

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.