It thought it possessed strength because the Empire had been carried away before it like a theatrical stage-setting.

它自以为强大，因为帝国在它眼前象戏台上的一幕场景似的被搬走了。

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By the time we got to middle school, it was clear that my older brother preferred meditation, while I was a born performer who preferred the theatrical, even when off stage.

到我们上中学的时候，很明显，我哥哥更喜欢冥想，而我是一个天生的表演者，更喜欢戏剧，即使在舞台下也是这样。

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This theatrical model couldn't be more different from the typical experience of a West End show, whereby a room full of passive ticket-buyers take in the entertainment on a proscenium stage.

这种剧场模式与看典型的西区表演截然不同，如何能让一屋子的被动的购票者在舞台上参与娱乐表演呢。

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For the next nine hours, the chamber became the stage of a theatrical whose ending, like almost everything that happens on the Senate floor, was known in advance to all.

NEWYORKER: The Empty Chamber

"Shoot Me, " directed by Chiemi Karasawa, captures Stritch off the stage, but no less theatrical.

NPR: Elaine Stritch Takes A Bow At Tribeca

Rather, as seen in the exhibition, Zoffany displays his considerable skills following Hogarth's lead in creating a number of paintings that depict famous actors, among them the star of London's stage, David Garrick, appearing in theatrical roles for which they were noted.

WSJ: Johan Zoffany | Yale Center for British Art | On the Strenth of His Portraits | By Tom L. Freudenheim