Sentence examples for theatrical representations from inspiring English sources

In Greece the progress from ritual to ritual-drama was continued in highly formalized theatrical representations.

Like theatrical representations, images of witches are not tied to the brutal facts of history.

But nudity on stage and in film, sexual descriptions in novels, theatrical representations of God, Jesus Christ and any member of the royal family were censored.

Theatrical representations, not yet wholly free of a religious element, directed their appeal toward the whole community, and attendance was virtually compulsory.

Opening ceremonies are strange events, and serious theatrical representations of national or civic patriotism tend to invite scorn when devised for the present day, unless one lives in North Korea.

It discusses, at length, not just missing out but "King Lear" and "Othello," and also includes the text of a lecture that he gave at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, in 2011, on theatrical representations of madness.

Dramaturgy, the art or technique of dramatic composition or theatrical representation.

Mr. Thiyam emphasized, though, that his interest in the theatrical representation of war is wider.

Conjuring, also called magic, prestidigitation, or sleight of hand, the theatrical representation of the defiance of natural law.

The thin quality of the debate, the strangely anachronistic characters who dominate the view, all somehow belie theatrical representation.

In contrast, religious antitheatricality, whether Anglican or Puritan, extended to issues of content and the specific means of theatrical representation employed by acting companies.