Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dramatis Personæ

The characters of a drama, novel, or actual transaction.

“The dramatis personæ were nobles, country gentlemen, justices of the quorum, and custodes rotulorum [keepers of the rolls].” —The Times.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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