dramatis personæ

English

Noun

dramatis personæ pl (plural only)

  1. Archaic spelling of dramatis personae.
    • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter XIV, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 274–275:
      For about the fifth time he then proposed the Heir at Law, doubting only whether to prefer Lord Duberley or Dr. Pangloss for himself, and very earnestly, but very unsuccessfully, trying to persuade the others that there were some fine tragic parts in the rest of the Dramatis Personæ.
    • 1823, William Hone, Ancient Mysteries Described, Especially the English Miracle Plays, Founded on Apocryphal New Testament Story, Extant Among the Unpublished Manuscripts in the British Museum; […], London: […] William Hone, […], page 174:
      They are constantly abusing Proserpine, who is introduced with all the trappings of Tartarean pomp into this performance, where there are no less than ninety-two dramatis personæ, among whom are the Virgin and God the Father.
    • 1825, A[ndré] Vieusseux, chapter III, in Anselmo: A Tale of Italy, volume I, London: […] Charles Knight, […], page 75:
      He knew not his countrymen again: one trait of their character still, however, predominated,—their vanity and their love of dramatic situation: hence their liberty, equality, republic, were all êtres de raison, personified into so many dramatis personæ.
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