Historical clue formulations

• Overplayed on stage — 2025-03-05
• Acted too broadly — 2023-12-25
• Hammed it up on stage — 2022-07-19
• Wasn't stoic — 2022-07-16
• Overdid it onstage — 2020-01-13
• Chewed the scenery — 2017-10-19
• Made a big scene? — 2017-04-29
• Didn't hide one's feelings, to say the least — 2012-07-27
• Hammed it up — 2007-07-17
• Hammed it up — 2004-10-18
• Went over the top, in a way — 2004-10-10
• Acted badly — 2004-08-08
• Gushed — 2004-08-06
• Wept wildly, maybe — 2002-05-22
• Overplayed one's feelings — 2002-05-12
• Overplayed — 2001-09-09
• Acted hammily — 2001-08-27
• Was a bad player, perhaps — 2000-11-05
• Hammed it up — 1997-11-17
• Hammed it up — 1997-07-08
• Chewed the scenery — 1997-07-07
• Mugged — 1996-10-25
• Didn't act subtly — 1996-05-29
• Acted amateurishly — 1995-07-05
• Did B-grade stage work — 1995-05-16
• Waxed perfervid — 1995-04-08
• Did with a passion? — 1995-01-26
• Hammed it up — 1994-11-14
• Mugged, maybe — 1994-01-23