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am-dram

British  

abbreviation

  1. informal amateur dramatics

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The characters in the Dewsbury am-dram group have their bread buttered on various sides, but they agree Lady Boothroyd is, as Peake believes too, a symbol of democratic respectability and stability compared with today's politicians.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2022

Peake plays Meredith Ankle, matriarch of the am-dram group and owner of Ankle Carpets.

From BBC Dec. 4, 2022

Half of it was a creaking continuation of the original series, with Larry Hagman and Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray all returning as wobbly voiced am-dram shadows of their former selves.

From The Guardian Jan. 20, 2017

The action, if such it can be called, happens as an am-dram play in a 1950s village hall, two Elizabethan eras merged into one in crazed mirror image.

From The Guardian Jun. 22, 2013

There's this stereotype of people muddling through in am-dram," agrees Wainwright, "but if you're involved in theatre, at whatever level, you want to do your best.

From The Guardian Dec. 15, 2012

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