thespianism

There is always some measure of thespianism - deliberate pretences and acting.

Rincewind re-emerged from the thickets of thespianism to see the landlord beside him.

Coyle’s passage into thespianism was unorthodox.

At times ego gets the better of Cheeta, who sees himself as the "true pioneer of simian thespianism."

Seeing himself as "the true inventor of simian thespianism", who had made men in monkey suits redundant, Cheeta was beloved by millions.

But when he does come down with a bad dose of thespianism, well-grounded, well-rounded Daniel Mays can always look to his kids to level him off.

IN many indies, young actors allow moody silences and alternative-rock soundtracks to signal their Master Thespianism.

But he reserves his deepest angst for thespianism which is, according to this latter-day Irving, 'a pain, like a trip to the dentist - an unpleasant experience.'

That's Catherine Zeta Jones, Ioan Gruffudd and Andrew Howard, for those of you not quite up on modern Welsh thespianism.

The rankest actor in the city's theatre was a mufti-skilled master of thespianism by comparison to them, but it wouldn't occur to anyone to line the streets and shout out his name.

Though Pepe (Madrid) and Sergio Busquets (Barcelona) were booked for first-half fouls there were few of the usual histrionics and thespianism, despite Guardiola’s pre-match jest: “Good luck to the referee.”

Between the white lines, thespianism remains on the increase and the league’s highest-flying manager, Roberto Mancini, waves an imaginary card at the fourth official after one of his players (Yaya Toure) goes down easily in the Liverpool penalty box.

On the negative side, Steven Rea of The Philadelphia Inquirer gave this film a score of 2.5/4, saying that "it's a harrowing tale, but one that gets phonied up with unnecessary slo-mos, manipulative soundtrack cues, and unrestrained thespianism."

Megan appears to have withdrawn more from thespianism than Kathryn; other than brief appearances in Doctors and Silent Witness, she seems to have gone off the radar while, according to her IMDb profile, Kathryn landed a few more one-off TV jobs.

Morgan provides some nice tart exchanges for Walters and her legal opponent (Roger Allam) when they're outside the court, but I'm not quite as sure about the legal speeches, which – even allowing for the thwarted thespianism of barristers – seem more likely to make jurors giggle than change their minds.