dramatic play

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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" drama, play drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. 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 - a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet 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 satyr play - an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs