- play, drama, dramatic play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
--1 is a kind of dramatic composition, dramatic work
--1 has parts: stage direction; act
--1 has particulars:Grand Guignol; theater of the absurd; playlet; miracle play; morality play; mystery play; Passion play; satyr play Derived forms: verb dramatize1, verb dramatize2, verb dramatise1, verb dramatise2 - drama, dramatic event - an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional
--2 is a kind of episode
--2 has particulars: night terrorDerived forms: verb dramatize3, verb dramatize2, verb dramatise2 - drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater
--3 is a kind of writing style, literary genre, genre
--3 has particulars: closet drama; comedy; tragedyDerived forms: verb dramatize1, verb dramatize2, verb dramatise1, verb dramatise2 - drama - the quality of being arresting or highly emotional
--4 is a kind of emotionality, emotionalism
Derived forms: verb dramatize2, verb dramatise2