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Dramatic alias (5,4)

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stage name

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'alias' is the definition.
(stage name is a kind of alias)

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(Other definitions for stage name that I've seen before include "Lady Gaga, say" , "Actor's pseudonym" , "Player could go by this" , "fresh identity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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