Dramatis Personae Definition

drămə-tĭs pər-sōnē, drämə-tĭs pər-sōnī
noun
The characters in a play or story.
American Heritage
The characters in a play, or a list of these.
Webster's New World
A list of the characters in a play or story.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • cast-of-characters
  • cast
  • performers
  • actors
  • players

Other Word Forms of Dramatis Personae

Noun

Singular:
dramatis personae
Plural:
dramatis persona

Origin of Dramatis Personae

  • Latin drāmatis genitive of drāma drama persōnae pl. of persōna character

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin dramatis + personae

    From Wiktionary

Dramatis Personae Sentence Examples

  • In the volume of poems published in 1722 Ramsay had shown his bent to this genre, especially in "Patie and Roger," which supplies two of the dramatis personae to his greater work.

  • What to look for The first matter to search for is the dramatis personae of a case.

  • There are reasons to suppose however that the play had been in Colwell's hands some time before it was printed, and it may well be identical with the Dyccon of Bedlam for which he took out a licence in 1562-1563, "Diccon the Bedlem" being the first of the dramatis personae of Gammer Gurton.

  • The number and variety of its dramatis personae give it the liveliest interest throughout.

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