theatrical role

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Noun

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theatrical role - an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona" persona, role, character, part personation, portrayal, characterization, enactment - acting the part of a character on stage; dramatically representing the character by speech and action and gesture bit part, minor role - a small role heavy - a serious (or tragic) role in a play hero - the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem ingenue - the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play name part, title role - the role of the character after whom the play is named heroine - the main good female character in a work of fiction baddie, villain - the principal bad character in a film or work of fiction

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