histrionism

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But she adds: "Perhaps that wasn't, in my then stage of development, quite so much a feat of pure histrionism as I complacently considered it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Does not the change consist rather in the outer form and in the ideas expounded than in the spirit of the histrionism and mimicry?

From The Dramatic Values in Plautus by Blancké, Wilton Wallace

And with the histrionism of strong emotion she pointed to a corner of the kitchen.

From Lay Morals by Stevenson, Robert Louis

My dear, histrionism is not becoming to you—especially without chiton, diplo�dion, and fillets.

From A Speckled Bird by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans

No amount of ready histrionism was sufficient to prevent a very meaning, though momentary, sneer from passing over the beautiful face of the singer as Ludovico spoke thus.

From A Siren by Trollope, Thomas Adolphus