drama

Noun
  1. A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage (synset 107021061)
    "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
    referred to in: drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater
    is a type of: dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
    subtypes:
    • grand guignol - a play of a macabre or horrific nature
    • theater of the absurd - plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless
    • playlet - a short play
    • miracle play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr
    • morality play - an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices
    • mystery play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ
    • passion play - a play representing the Passion of Christ
    • satyr play - an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs
    has:
    • stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play
    • act - a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet
    same as: dramatic play, play
  2. An episode that is turbulent or highly emotional (synset 107305001)
    is a type of: episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events
    subtypes: night terror - an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
    same as: dramatic event
  3. The literary genre of works intended for the theater (synset 106387777)
    associated with:
    • warhorse - a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
    • drama, dramatic play, play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
    • black humor, black humour - the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect
    • appealing, likable, likeable, sympathetic - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings
    • unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic - (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings
    • tragic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy
    • comic - of or relating to or characteristic of comedy
    • tragicomic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy
    is a type of: genre, literary genre, writing style - a style of expressing yourself in writing
    subtypes:
    • closet drama - drama more suitable for reading that for performing
    • comedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending
    • tragedy - drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity
  4. The quality of being arresting or highly emotional (synset 104634062)
    tells us about:
    • dramatic - suitable to or characteristic of drama
    • undramatic - lacking dramatic force and quality
    is a type of: emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality

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