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Monodrame :: Monodrame (n.) A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person..

Operetta :: Operetta (n.) A short, light, musical drama..

Unity :: Unity (n.) In dramatic composition, one of the principles by which a uniform tenor of story and propriety of representation are preserved; conformity in a composition to these; in oratory, discourse, etc., the due subordination and reference of every part to the development of the leading idea or the eastablishment of the main proposition..

Vice :: Vice (n.) The buffoon of the old English moralities, or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice, sometimes of another, or of Vice itself; -- called also Iniquity..

Trilogy :: Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an example..

Matinee :: Matinee (n.) A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe..

Melodramatic :: Melodramatic (a.) Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action.

Situation :: Situation (n.) Relative position; circumstances; temporary state or relation at a moment of action which excites interest, as of persons in a dramatic scene..

Drama :: 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..

Atellan :: Atellan (n.) A farcical drama performed at Atella.

Dramaturgy :: Dramaturgy (n.) The art of dramatic composition and representation.

Intermede :: Intermede (n.) A short musical dramatic piece, of a light and pleasing, sometimes a burlesque, character; an interlude introduced between the acts of a play or an opera..

Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..

Role :: Role (n.) A part, or character, performed by an actor in a drama; hence, a part of function taken or assumed by any one; as, he has now taken the role of philanthropist..

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..

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..

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..

Action :: Action (n.) The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events..

Dramatis Personae :: Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.

Extravaganza :: Extravaganza (n.) A composition, as in music, or in the drama, designed to produce effect by its wild irregularity; esp., a musical caricature..

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