Definition of dramatic play Dramatic play
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What does dramatic play mean?
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| dramatic play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" | ||
| play, drama | ||
| dramatic composition, dramatic work a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. | ||
| drama the quality of being arresting or highly emotional | ||
| stage direction an instruction written as part of the script of a play | ||
| 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; "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd" | ||
| playlet a short play | ||
| act something that people do or cause to happen | ||
| 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 | ||
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