My own inclination in the matter of celebrity casting is that I'm fer it - with all due kow-towing to the value and virtue of theatrical craft.

Ultimately, what kept them all going was what Ms. Rugg, 27, called Ms. Srbljanovic's theatrical craft and the play's sophisticated dramaturgy.

Ms. Arden highlights the artifice, encouraging us to witness both the drama and the theatrical craft behind it.

In this case, however, the performer is Patricia Routledge, and such is the assurance of her grasp that the occasion is a masterclass in theatrical craft.

Time described it as "what is known as a players' picture; everyone gets the call, and everyone responds with all the theatrical craft he can summon up."

It's a triumph of theatrical craft.

He is a performer and choreographer of such conviction and theatrical craft that one goes unquestioningly with him along this dark, strange and unchartable journey.

Mr. Crewdson needs to discover some new feelings or reinvent his medium, because theatrical craft has overtaken his art.

His cameo as an Indian in the first-grade Thanksgiving play had kindled a love of the limelight-and a respect for theatrical craft.

The right combination of commercial songwriting savvy and theatrical craft is notoriously elusive.