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- Dramatic - a. - Alt. of Dramatical
- Dramatical - a. - Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid.
- Dramatically - adv. - In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
- 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.
- Fable - n. - The plot, story, or connected series of events, forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
- Dramaturgy - n. - The art of dramatic composition and representation.
- 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.
- 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.
- Dramatize - v. t. - To compose in the form of the drama; to represent in a drama; to adapt to dramatic representation; as, to dramatize a novel, or an historical episode.
- Stageplay - n. - A dramatic or theatrical entertainment.
- Mask - n. - A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.
- Drama - n. - A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
- 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 - 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.
- Dramatist - n. - The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.
- Comedietta - n. - A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.
- 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.
- Masquerade - n. - A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.
- Drama - n. - Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.
- Player - n. - A dramatic actor.
- Representation - n. - A dramatic performance; as, a theatrical representation; a representation of Hamlet.
- Dramatically - adv. - In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.
- Pantomime - n. - A dramatic and spectacular entertainment of which dumb acting as well as burlesque dialogue, music, and dancing by Clown, Harlequin, etc., are features.
- Odeon - n. - A kind of theater in ancient Greece, smaller than the dramatic theater and roofed over, in which poets and musicians submitted their works to the approval of the public, and contended for prizes; -- hence, in modern usage, the name of a hall for musical or dramatic performances.
- 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.
- Playbook - n. - A book of dramatic compositions; a book of the play.
- Matinee - n. - A reception, or a musical or dramatic entertainment, held in the daytime. See SoirEe.
- Mystery - n. - A dramatic representation of a Scriptural subject, often some event in the life of Christ; a dramatic composition of this character; as, the Chester Mysteries, consisting of dramas acted by various craft associations in that city in the early part of the 14th century.