Definition of drama

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Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..

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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..
Entr''acte :: Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
Character :: Character (n.) One of the persons of a drama or novel.
Playbook :: Playbook (n.) A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.
Tetralogy :: Tetralogy (n.) A group or series of four dramatic pieces, three tragedies and one satyric, or comic, piece (or sometimes four tragedies), represented consequently on the Attic stage at the Dionysiac festival..
Elizabethan :: Elizabethan (a.) Pertaining to Queen Elizabeth or her times, esp. to the architecture or literature of her reign; as, the Elizabethan writers, drama, literature..
Person :: Person (n.) A character or part, as in a play; a specific kind or manifestation of individual character, whether in real life, or in literary or dramatic representation; an assumed character..
Iniquity :: Iniquity (n.) A character or personification in the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. See Vice..
Opera :: Opera (n.) A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama..
Monodramatic :: Monodramatic (a.) Pertaining to a monodrama.
Poetry :: Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry..
Playhouse :: Playhouse (n.) A building used for dramatic exhibitions; a theater.
Puppet :: Puppet (n.) A similar figure moved by the hand or by a wire in a mock drama; a marionette; a wooden actor in a play.
Dramatized :: Dramatized (imp. & p. p.) of Dramatiz.
Dramatic :: Dramatic (a.) Alt. of Dramatica.
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..
Theatre :: Theatre (n.) An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed..
Tragic :: Tragic (n.) A tragedy; a tragic drama.
Protagonist :: Protagonist (n.) One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like..
Matinee :: Matinee (n.) A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe..
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