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Tragedian :: Tragedian (n.) An actor or player in tragedy.

Tragic :: Tragic (n.) A writer of tragedy.

Comedy :: Comedy (n.) A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy..

Tragical :: Tragical (a.) Of or pertaining to tragedy; of the nature or character of tragedy; as, a tragic poem; a tragic play or representation..

Melpomene :: Melpomene (n.) The Muse of tragedy.

Tragedy :: Tragedy (n.) A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life..

Stasis :: Stasimon (n.) In the Greek tragedy, a song of the chorus, continued without the interruption of dialogue or anapaestics..

Tragedienne :: Tragedienne (n.) A woman who plays in tragedy.

Tragi-comedy :: Tragi-comedy (n.) A kind of drama representing some action in which serious and comic scenes are blended; a composition partaking of the nature both of tragedy and comedy.

Cothurnated :: Cothurnated (a.) Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.

Sock :: Sock (n.) The shoe worn by actors of comedy in ancient Greece and Rome, -- used as a symbol of comedy, or of the comic drama, as distinguished from tragedy, which is symbolized by the buskin..

Tragedious :: Tragedious (a.) Like tragedy; tragical.

Comic :: Comic (a.) Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy..

Buskin :: Buskin (n.) A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy..

Tragical :: Tragical (a.) Mournful; expressive of tragedy, the loss of life, or of sorrow..

Tragi-comi-pastoral :: Tragi-comi-pastoral (a.) Partaking of the nature of, or combining, tragedy, comedy, and pastoral poetry..

Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy..

Tragic :: Tragic (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.

Play :: Play (n.) A dramatic composition; a comedy or tragedy; a composition in which characters are represented by dialogue and action.

Tragedy :: Tragedy (n.) A fatal and mournful event; any event in which human lives are lost by human violence, more especially by unauthorized violence..

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