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In plural = theatricals (theatrical, adj. 2).
With plural agreement. figurative. Any brilliant or sensational performance, work, display, etc. Cf. pyrotechnic, adj. 1b.
a circus having three rings; hence figurative, a showy or extravagant spectacle; a scene of confusion or disorder; cf. one-ring circus n. at one, adj.…