dramatis personae

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With a few minor and necessary exceptions dictated by the dramatis personae in certain scenes, Mr. Tucker primarily confines himself to the role of Iago while Mr. Quinn plays Othello.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

In one respect, the dramatis personae in Kananaskis helps.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

A new prologue, by the Israeli author Sivan Ben Yishai, is little more than an extended read-through of the dramatis personae.

From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2022

This is an overwhelming dramatis personae — one that spans not just the globe but a number of ideologies, types of government and two centuries.

From Washington Post • Dec. 23, 2020

In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker