Definition of drama

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Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

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Entr''acte :: Entr'acte (n.) The interval of time which occurs between the performance of any two acts of a drama.
Monodramatic :: Monodramatic (a.) Pertaining to a monodrama.
Entr''acte :: Entr'acte (n.) A dance, piece of music, or interlude, performed between two acts of a drama..
Protasis :: Protasis (n.) The first part of a drama, of a poem, or the like; the introduction; opposed to epitasis..
Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
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..
Dramatist :: Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.
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..
Exhibition :: Exhibition (n.) That which is exhibited, held forth, or displayed; also, any public show; a display of works of art, or of feats of skill, or of oratorical or dramatic ability; as, an exhibition of animals; an exhibition of pictures, statues, etc.; an industrial exhibition..
Opera :: Opera (n.) The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music..
Player :: Player (n.) A dramatic actor.
Part :: Part (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act..
Long :: Long (superl.) Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book..
Dramatic :: Dramatic (a.) Alt. of Dramatica.
Proverb :: Proverb (n.) A drama exemplifying a proverb.
Thespian :: Thespian (a.) Of or pertaining to Thespis; hence, relating to the drama; dramatic; as, the Thespian art..
Dramatical :: Dramatical (a.) Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid..
Fable :: Fable (n.) The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem..
Act :: Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
Comedietta :: Comedietta (n.) A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
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