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commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. Milton.

Of or pertaining to the drama; appropriate to, or having the qualities of, a drama; theatrical; vivid. The emperor . . . performed his part with much dramatic effect. Motley.

In a dramatic manner; theatrically; vividly.

The actors in a drama or play.

The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

Capable of being dramatized.

Act of dramatizing.

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. They dramatized tyranny for public execration. Motley.

Relating to dramaturgy.

One versed in dramaturgy. Carlyle.

The art of dramatic composition and representation.

Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat de…

Of or pertaining to melodrama; like or suitable to a melodrama; unnatural in situation or action. -- Mel`o*dra*mat"ic*al*ly, adv.

One who acts in, or writes, melodramas.

A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Pertaining to a monodrama.

n are not interrupted by set arias, duets, etc., the music being determined throughout by dramatic appropriateness; musical drama of this character, in general. It involves the use of a kind of melodious declamation, the development of leitmotif, great orchestral elaboration, and a fusion of poetry, music, action, and…

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.

maginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.

A farcical drama performed at Atella.