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amateur dramatic, a.
Brit. |ˈamət(ʃ)ə drəˈmatɪk|, |ˌaməˈtəː drəˈmatɪk|, U.S. |ˈˌæmədər drəˈmædɪk|, |ˈˌæmətʃər drəˈmædɪk|, |ˈˌæməˌt(j)ʊr drəˈmædɪk|
[‹ amateur n. + dramatic adj.]
Of, relating to, or characteristic of non-professional theatre, esp. as performed by local drama societies. Freq. (with capital initials) in proper names.
1846N. Hawthorne in U.S. Democratic Rev. 18 462 The Amateur Dramatic Company will give a performance this evening, Feb. 3, at the Theatre No. 4. 1891T. W. Reid Life R. M. Milnes 336 Years before, he had been one of the most popular members of the Cambridge Amateur Dramatic Club. 1917A. Henderson in T. Godfrey Prince of Parthia 53 During the first half of the nineteenth century, a remarkable amateur dramatic organization flourished at Wilmington, North Carolina. 1962B. Gargi Theatre in India 35 In modern times Sanskrit dramas have been performed mostly in colleges and by a few amateur dramatic societies. 2000K. Atkinson Emotionally Weird (2001) 41 She was wearing a flouncy, flowery dress, all buttons and bows and intricate bodice seaming, that looked as if it had been made for an amateur dramatic production of Oklahoma! |