un|act|a|ble

un|act|a|ble
un|act|a|ble «uhn AK tuh buhl», adjective.
not capable of being acted (on the stage): »

“The Cenci” is no more unactable than “Titus Andronicus” or other of Shakespeare's lesser tragedies which, when they have been put on the stage, have turned out to contain wonderful dramatic matter (Manchester Guardian).


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