Meanings of histrionic ability in English

It's odd, isn't it, that I shouldn't possess a little histrionic ability.

Perhaps-But here her histrionic ability came to her aid, and she sobbed violently.

Be happy, Grace;" and with decided histrionic ability concluded heart-brokenly: "Forget Hugh Ridgeway!"

No man could reach high rank with them except by histrionic ability and a strict compliance with their rules.

I was intensely interested during this novel performance, and imagined I recognized considerable histrionic ability on the part of the players.

It was a waste of histrionic ability though; for the landlady had heard, and did not at heart disapprove, the peals of laughter.

Hot and excited, Mackay endeavored to reenact his case for us with all the histrionic ability of a popular prosecutor before a jury.

Greatly to her delight, Emma Dean had been asked to play the part of the Spirit, and exhibited real histrionic ability in the role.

His histrionic abilities were displayed at the Eglinton tournament.

I congratulate you on your histrionic abilities, Nighthawk.

Such was Rachel's first introduction to the Zulus, an occasion on which her undoubted histrionic abilities stood her in good stead.

"Oh, father," returned Aileen, with considerable histrionic ability in her assumption of pettishness, "how can you talk like this when you know I'm not guilty?