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Dramatis Personae
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What does Dramatis Personae mean?
noun
- The characters in a play, story, or history; a list of them, usually arranged in order of first appearance, as protatic matter.
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‘A Death in the Desert’ was included in the poet’s ‘Dramatis Personae’, published in the following year.
Destiny stands by sarcastic with our dramatis personae folded in her hand.
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Enter villagers and all the dramatis personae, dancing joyously.
In one of Dickens's early sketches there is a plot amongst the humorous dramatis personae, to avenge themselves on a little boy for the lack of tact whereby his parents have brought him with them to a party on the river.