mono-dramatistn.
/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈdramətɪst/, U.S. /ˌmɑnəˈdrɑmədəst/, /ˌmɑnəˈdræmədəst/ A writer or performer of monodramas.
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comicar1523
comedy writer1549
comic1549
comediant1568
comediographer1576
comedian1580
comic poet1589
mimograph1623
mimographer1638
mimic1654
mono-dramatist1803
melodramatist1812
farcer1813
comedist1819
farceur1889
thesis-playwright1902
thick ear1909
music-dramatist1947
compressionist1961
psychodramatist1973
1803 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1805) VIII. 178 Hint to a Mono-dramatist, how to avoid damnation.
1983 N.Y. Times 23 Dec. c3/3 Mr. Inglis is an experienced mono-dramatist and solo performer, with Chaucer, Shakespeare, and ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ in his repertory.
1999 Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) 15 Dec. 3 The Boynton Beach actress describes herself as a ‘monodramatist’—a person who, alone onstage for an hour or more, works to convince the audience she has become someone else.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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