ie: Annie, Madamme Butterfly, Oliver. I work in theatre and have been asked this on a number of occasions. Any help would be much appreciated, and will put a lot of people out of there misery.
2006-12-10 06:35:52 · 8 answers · asked by Dave S 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
It's eponymous:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/eponymous
2006-12-10 08:34:22 · answer #1 · answered by mcfifi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word you are looking for is Eponymous, where the name of the (book/play/film etc) is the same as the main character.
It is the same for music when an artist or band names their album the same as themselves.
2006-12-10 06:55:45 · answer #2 · answered by Colin A 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eponymous, as in eponymous hero.
It's the same for books e.g. Gulliver's Travels, Jake's Thing etc etc, where the main character's name is in the title.
2006-12-10 06:37:50 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Biography.
2006-12-10 06:43:28 · answer #4 · answered by $Sun King$ 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Eponymous is right.
2006-12-10 06:56:36 · answer #5 · answered by Athene1710 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, only some films feature a "title role", so wouldn't these films be called "title role films"?
2006-12-10 07:09:22 · answer #6 · answered by HarryTikos 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
eponymous
2006-12-10 09:43:59 · answer #7 · answered by shkspr 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
SPARTACUS
2006-12-10 06:37:26 · answer #8 · answered by catweazle 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋