unactable
Impossible to stage
Unactable describes a dramatic work that cannot be effectively performed on stage.
A play may be unactable because of impossible staging demands, unplayable dialogue, or scenes that work on the page but not in performance: Critics dismissed the experimental script as unactable.
The term implies a flaw in the writing rather than a limitation of theater itself.
Impossible to perform theatrically
- unperformableImpossible to enact
- unplayableNot fit for play
- undirectableCannot be guided
- unmountableUnable to be mounted
unproducible · unpresentable · unrehearsable · unsalvageable · inoperable · irreproducible · uninterpretable · impossible
Incapable of occurring
- unplayableNot fit for play
- uninterpretableImpossible to make sense of
- demandingRequiring great effort
- insurmountableImpossible to overcome
overwhelming · thankless · unrewarding · exhausting · miscast · underwritten · overwritten · stereotyped
Unlikely to be true
- unconvincingNot able to persuade
- stiltedUnnaturally formal in expression
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
- contrivedDeliberately manufactured, unnatural
disjointed · incoherent · underdeveloped · unrealistic · one-dimensional · cliched · hackneyed · unpolished
unstageable
Impossible to perform theatrically
- unperformableImpossible to enact
- unplayableNot fit for play
- undirectableCannot be guided
unmountable · unproducible · unpresentable · unrehearsable · unsalvageable · inoperable · irreproducible · uninterpretable · impossible · infeasible
impossible
Incapable of occurring
- unplayableNot fit for play
- uninterpretableImpossible to make sense of
- demandingRequiring great effort
insurmountable · overwhelming · thankless · unrewarding · exhausting · miscast · underwritten · overwritten · stereotyped · two-dimensional
implausible
Unlikely to be true
- unconvincingNot able to persuade
- stiltedUnnaturally formal in expression
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
contrived · disjointed · incoherent · underdeveloped · unrealistic · one-dimensional · cliched · hackneyed · unpolished · shallow
unactableactable
Suitable for staging
performable · stageable · playable · theatrical · camera-ready
act, active, actor, acting, activity, react, actual, inactive, activate