Drama

Drama

A prose or verse composition, presenting a storey in dialogue (qv) and action that involves circumstantial conflict (qv) or contrast of characters, intended to be performed in subdivided scenes or acts on stage or film; derived from "consequential act". See play, catastrophe, climax, catastasis, epitasis, protasis, denouement, anticlimax, deus ex machina, pathos, tragedy, melodrama, bathos, revue, comedy, pantomime, interlude, script, dramatis personae, opus, recast, muse, broadcast, writer.

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