#acting__playing__playacting__performing the performance of a part or role in a drama
supertype: #activity any specific activity or pursuit; "they avoided all recreational activity"
part of: #performance
subtype: #portrayal__enactment acting the part of a character on stage
subtype: #impression.portrayal an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"
subtype: #theatrical_role__character__role__part__persona an actor's portrayal of someone in a play; "she played the part of Desdemona"
subtype: #bit_part__bitpart__minorrole a small role
subtype: #soubrette a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy
subtype: #heavy a serious (or tragic) role in a play
subtype: #hero the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem
subtype: #ingenue the role of an innocent artless young woman in a play
subtype: #title_role__titlerole__name_part the role of the character after whom the play is named
subtype: #heroine the main good female character in a work of fiction
subtype: #villain the principle bad character in a work of fiction
subtype: #impersonation__personation imitating the mannerisms of another person
subtype: #apery the act of mimicking; imitative behavior
subtype: #parody__mockery humorous or satirical mimicry
subtype: #pantomime__mime__dumb_show a performance using gestures and body movements without words
subtype: #panto (British) an abbreviation of pantomime
subtype: #stage_business__business__byplay incidental activity performed by an actor for dramatic effect; "his business with the cane was hilarious"
subtype: #skit a short theatrical episode
subtype: #hamming__overacting poor acting by a ham actor
subtype: #heroics__heroic ostentatious hammy conduct
subtype: #roleplaying acting a particular role (as in psychotherapy)
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