theatricals Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a performance of a play
    theatrical; theatrical performance; histrionics; representation.

WordNet

The*at"ric*als noun plural
Definitions
  1. Dramatic performances; especially, those produced by amateurs.
    Such fashionable cant terms as `theatricals,' and `musicals,' invented by the flippant Topham, still survive among his confraternity of frivolity. I. Disraeli.

Webster 1913