theatrical

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Dozens of leading female writers are uniting to stage an ambitious theatrical event in a financial office to express their "seismic rage" over the Epstein files and honour his victims.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

"It's a disaster, environmentally speaking," worried Eveline Biaggini, 53, a theatrical costume director and former candidate for mayor in Fouju.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

The setting, which changes from a blank Brutalism to a trailer-park-home installation suggesting one of Arnold’s cold-eyed dioramas, creates its own theatrical coup.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The 1750s were a slow decade resembling a theatrical intermission.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

It seemed theatrical to Briony, and ridiculous, grown young women tearful for their mothers, or as one of the students put it through her sobs, for the smell of Daddy’s pipe.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan