theatricism

Because Mr. Warfield, by the sheer power of his histrionic genius, has lifted sentimentality into sentiment and conventional theatricism into living truth, we are tempted to give to Mr. Charles Klein the credit for having written a very good play instead of a very bad one.

The Theory of the Theatre Clayton Hamilton

They do for once give in the case of the portraits, and I mean chiefly of course the Stieglitz portraits, the actuality of the sitter without pose or theatricism of any sort, a rather rare thing to be said of the modern photograph.

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley

All this was, of course, in keeping with the theatricism of the period in which it was produced, which is one of the best things to be said of it.

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley

This ability, talent, virtue, or genius, whatever you may wish to name it, is without theatricism and therefore without spectacular demonstration either of the sitter or the method employed in rendering them.

Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Marsden Hartley