drama (redirected from made a drama out)

dra·ma  (dräm, drm)

n.

1.

a. A prose or verse composition, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating the characters and performing the dialogue and action.

b. A serious narrative work or program for television, radio, or the cinema.

2. Theatrical plays of a particular kind or period: Elizabethan drama.

3. The art or practice of writing or producing dramatic works.

4. A situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic progression or emotional effect characteristic of a play: the drama of the prisoner's escape and recapture.

5. The quality or condition of being dramatic: a summit meeting full of drama.

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[Late Latin drma, drmat-, from Greek, from drn, to do, perform.]

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drama [ˈdrɑːmə]

n

1. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play

2. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage

3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the art of the writing and production of plays

4. a situation or sequence of events that is highly emotional, tragic, or turbulent

[from Late Latin: a play, from Greek: something performed, from drān to do]

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Drama

See also literature; performing.

anagnorisis

Classical Drama, recognition or discovery, as of a disguised character, one thought to be lost, or a critical fact.

antistrophe

(in ancient Greek choral odes) 1. the response made to a preceding strophe, while the chorus is moving from left to right.
2. the movement of the chorus. Cf. strophe. See also verse. — antistrophic, antistrophal, adj.

catastasis

the climax of a play or other dramatic representation; that part preceding the catastrophe, where the action is at its height.

catharsis

(in the Aristotelian concept of art, especially with reference to tragic drama) the purging of the emotions, traditionally said to be those of pity and fear. See also psychology.

choreodrama

a drama expressed in dance or with dance as an integral part of its content and form.

constructivism

the theories, attitudes, and techniques of a group of Soviet writers of the 1920s who attempted to reconcile ideological beliefs with technical achievement, especially in stage design, where effects produced were geometrical and nonrepresentational. — constructivist, n., adj.

denouement

the final resolution of the plot, following the climax.

deus ex machina

the device of resolving dramatic action by the introduction of an unexpected, improbable, or forced character or incident.

deuteragonist

Greek Drama, the role that is second in importance to that of the protagonist, or main character.

dramalogue

a dramatic monologue.

dramaturgy

the art of writing or producing plays. — dramaturge, dramaturgist, n.

duodrama

a play or drama for two characters or actors.

duologue

a dialogue for two people, especially as a complete dramatic performance or as part of one.

epilogue

1. the final section of a literary work, often added by way of explanation, comment, etc.
2. a closing speech in a play, often delivered after the completion of the main action. — epilogistic, adj.

epitasis

the main action of a drama, leading up to the catastrophe. Cf. protasis.

exode

1. Greek Drama, the catastrophe or conclusion of a play.
2. Roman Drama, a comical or satirical piece added at the end of a play.

histrionics, histrionism

the occupation of actors; playacting.

melodrama

1. a sensational drama with events and emotions extravagantly expressed.
2. an opera or a stage play with songs and music, often of a romantic nature. — melodramatic, adj.

monodrama

a drama written for one actor or character. — monodramatic, adj.

peripeteia, peripetia, peripety

Literature. a sudden change in the course of events, especially in dramatic works.

photodrama

a photoplay or dramatic narrative illustrated with or related through photographs.

protagonist

the principal character in the drama.

protasis

Classical Drama, the first part of a play, when the characters are introduced. Cf. epitasis. See also grammar; wisdom. — protatic, adj.

soliloquy

a speech in which a character reveals his thoughts to the audience but not to other characters in the play. — soliloquist, n.

stagecraft

the art or skill of producing or staging plays.

stichomythia

dialogue in single alternating lines, as found in ancient Greek drama. — stichomythic, adj.

strophe

that part of the ancient Greek choral odes sung by the chorus while moving from right to left. Cf. antistrophe. — strophic, adj.

tetralogy

Greek Drama, a series of four dramas, three of them tragedies and one a satyr-play; hence, any series of four related works, literary, dramatic, operatic, etc.

theatrics

the art of the theater or of acting. — theatrical, n., adj.

theatromania

a mania for the theater.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	drama - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" dramatic play, 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
	2.	drama - an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional dramatic event episode - a happening that is distinctive in a series of related events night terror - an emotional episode (usually in young children) in which the person awakens in terror with feelings of anxiety and fear but is unable to remember any incident that might have provoked those feelings
	3.	drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater warhorse - a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition drama, dramatic play, play - a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway" closet drama - drama more suitable for reading that for performing comedy - light and humorous drama with a happy ending tragedy - drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity black humor, black humour - the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect literary genre, writing style, genre - a style of expressing yourself in writing likable, likeable, appealing, sympathetic - (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings; "the sympathetic characters in the play" unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic - (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings; "all the characters were peculiarly unsympathetic" tragic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragedy; "tragic hero" comic - of or relating to or characteristic of comedy; "comic hero" tragicomic - of or relating to or characteristic of tragicomedy; "a playwright specializing in tragicomic drama"
	4.	drama - the quality of being arresting or highly emotional emotionalism, emotionality - emotional nature or quality

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drama

noun

1. play, show, stage show, stage play, dramatization, theatrical piece He acted in radio dramas.

2. theatre, acting, dramatic art, stagecraft, dramaturgy, Thespian art He knew nothing of Greek drama.

3. excitement, crisis, dramatics, spectacle, turmoil, histrionics, theatrics the drama of a hostage release

Quotations
"Drama is life with the dull bits cut out" [Alfred Hitchcock]
"The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with the truth but with effect" [W. Somerset Maugham The Summing Up]
"Life is full of internal dramas, instantaneous and sensational, played to an audience of one" [Anthony Powell]

see theatre terms

Drama

Types of drama 
comedy, comedy of manners, commedia dell'arte, costume piece or costume drama, farce, Grand Guignol, Jacobean, kabuki, Kathakali, kitchen sink, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No or Noh, passion play, Restoration Comedy, revenge tragedy, shadow play, situation comedy or sitcom, sketch, soap opera, street theatre, theatre of cruelty, theatre of the absurd, tragedy, tragicomedy

Dramatists 
Aeschylus (Greek), Edward Albee (U.S.), Robert Amos (Australian), Jean Anouilh (French), Aristophanes (Greek), Alan Ayckbourn (English), Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French), Francis Beaumont (English), Samuel Beckett (Irish), Brendan Behan (Irish), Richard Beynon (Australian), Alan Bleasdale (English), Edward Bond (English), Bertolt Brecht (German), Eugene Brieux (French), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Spanish), George Chapman (English), Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (Russian), William Congreve (English), Pierre Corneille (French), Noël (Pierce) Coward (English), Thomas Dekker (English), John Dryden (English), T(homas) S(tearns) Eliot (U.S.-British), Louis Esson (Australian), Euripides (Greek), John Fletcher (English), Dario Fo (Italian), John Ford (English), Brian Friel (Irish), John Galsworthy (English), Jean Genet (French), W(illiam) S(chwenk) Gilbert (English), (Hippolyte) Jean Giraudoux (French), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German), Nikolai Gogol (Russian), Oliver Goldsmith (Irish), Oriel Gray (Australian), Robert Greene (English), David Hare (English), Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann (German), Václav Havel (Czech), Alfred Hayes (U.S.), (Christian) Friedrich Hebbel (German), Dorthy Hewett (Australian), Thomas Heywood (English), Jack Hibberd (Australian), Sidney Howard (U.S.), Henrik Ibsen (Norwegian), William Motter Inge (U.S.), Eugène Ionesco (Romanian-French), Ben Jonson (English), George Kaiser (German), Tony Kushner (U.S.), Thomas Kyd (English), Ray Lawler (Australian), Liz Lochhead (Scottish), Lope de Vega (Spanish), Federico Garcia Lorca (Spanish), Maurice Maeterlinck (Belgian), David Mamet (U.S.), Christopher Marlowe (English), John Marston (English), Menander (Greek), Arthur Miller (U.S.), Molière (French), Barry Oakley (Australian), Sean O'Casey (Irish), Eugene (Gladstone) O'Neill (U.S.), Joe Orton (English), John Osborne (English), Thomas Otway (English), John Patrick (U.S.), Arthur Wing Pinero (English), Harold Pinter (English), Luigi Pirandello (Italian), Titus Maccius Plautus (Roman), Hal Porter (Australian), Aleksander Sergeyevich Pushkin (Russian), Jean Baptiste Racine (French), Terence Mervyn Rattigan (English), John Romeril (Australian), Willy Russell (English), Thomas Sackville (English), Jean-Paul Sartre (French), Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German), Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Roman), Alan Seymour (Australian), Peter Shaffer (English), William Shakespeare (English), George Bernard Shaw (Irish), Sam Shepard (U.S.), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (Irish), Robert Sherwood (U.S.), Sophocles (Greek), Wole Soyinka (Nigerian), Tom Stoppard (Czech-English), August Strindberg (Swedish), John Millington Synge (Irish), Terence (Roman), John Webster (English), Oscar Wilde (Irish), Thornton Wilder (U.S.), Tennessee Williams (U.S.), David Keith Williamson (Australian), William Wycherly (English)

Translations

drama [ˈdrɑːmə]

A. N

1. (= dramatic art) → teatro m; (= play) → obra f dramática, drama m

2. (fig) (= event) → drama m; (= excitement) → dramatismo m

B. CPD drama critic N → crítico/a m/f de teatro
drama queen N (pej) → peliculero/a m/f
you're such a drama queen → eres demasiado peliculero
drama school N → escuela f de arte dramático
drama student N → estudiante mf de arte dramático

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drama [ˈdrɑːmə]

n

(= art, literature) → théâtre m
Greek drama → le théâtre grec

(= play) → pièce f

(= school subject) → théâtre m
Drama is my favourite subject → Le théâtre est ma matière préférée.

(= event) → drame m

(= excitement) → vive émotion f

modif [class, club, coach, student, teacher, workshop] → de théâtre
drama critic n → critique m dramatique
drama school n → école f d'art dramatique
I'd like to go to drama school → J'aimerais entrer dans une école d'art dramatique.

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drama

n (= art, play, incident) → Drama nt; (no pl: = quality of being dramatic) → Dramatik f; 18th-century German drama → das deutsche Drama des 18. Jahrhunderts; family drama (= TV series) → Familienserie f; to make a drama out of a crisis → eine Krise dramatisieren

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drama:

drama critic

n → Theaterkritiker(in) m(f)

drama-doc

n (TV) → Dokumentarspiel nt

drama festival

n → Theaterfestival nt

drama queen

n (pej inf) → Schauspielerin f (pej inf)

drama school

n → Schauspielschule f

drama student

n → Schauspielschüler(in) m(f)

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drama [ˈdrɑːmə] n (gen) → dramma m, teatro; (play) → commedia; (event) → dramma
drama critic → critico teatrale
drama student → studente/essa di arte drammatica

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drama

n drama [ˈdraːmə]

1 a play for acting on the stage He has just produced a new drama. drama دراما: مَسْرَحِيَّه драма drama teaterstykke; drama das Drama θεατρικό έργο obra de teatro näidend نمایشنامه درام draama pièce de théâtre מחזה नाटक, स्वांग drama, kazališni komad színdarab, dráma sandiwara leikrit lavoro teatrale 劇 희극 drama drāma drama toneelstuk skuespill, drama sztuka drama piesă de teatru; dramă драма dráma gledališka igra drama drama, skådespel ละคร dram 劇本 драма ناٹک vở kịch 剧本

2 plays for the stage in general modern drama. drama المَسْرَحِيَّه драма drama drama; teaterstykke das Schauspiel θέατρο (ως συγγραφικό είδος) teatro, drama näitekirjandus نمایشنامه näytelmä théâtre מַחֲזֶה रंगमंच के लिए नाटक drama színműirodalom teater leikbókmenntir teatro 演劇 일반 드라마 dramaturgija dramaturģija sandiwara theater drama, skuespill utwory sceniczne drama teatru драма(тургия) dráma dramatika drama dramatik, teater ละคร oyun 戲劇 драматична література; драматургія اسٹیج کے لۓ تیار کیا گیا ڈراما nghệ thuật biểu diễn 戏剧

3 the art of acting in plays He studied drama at college. drama فَن المَسْرَحِيَّه драма dramatické umění drama; teatervidenskab die Schauspielkunst δραματική τέχνη arte dramático teatrikunst هنر نمایش näyttely art dramatique מִשׂחָק नाटकों में अभिनय करने की कला dramaturgija drámairodalom, színművészet seni drama leiklist teatro 演劇 연출 teatro menas skatuves māksla pementasan toneel drama, teaterkunst/-vitenskap, scenekunst aktorstwo arte dramática artă dramatică драматическое искусство divadelné umenie dramska umetnost drama drama, dramatik การละคร tiyatro sanatı 戲劇藝術 драматичне мистецтво ڈراما پیش کرنے کا فن biên kịch 戏剧艺术

4 exciting events Life here is full of drama. drama أحْداث درامِيَّه драма drama drama das Drama συναρπαστικά γεγονότα drama põnevus ماجرای هیجان انگیز jännittävät tapahtumat drame אֵירוּע דְרָמָטִי उत्तेजनापूर्ण घटनाक्रम dramatičan, uzbudljiv događaj dráma drama áhrifamikill atburður dramma 劇的なこと 극적인 사건 dramatiški įvykiai dramatiski notikumi rentetan dramatiek spenning, dramatikk dramaty, emocje drama dramă драматизм dráma dramatičnost drama dramatik ความตื่นเต้น heyecanlı olaylar 戲劇性事件 ефект ہیجان خیز واقعہ یا صورت حال một loạt sự kiện xúc động 戏剧性事件

adj dramatic [drəˈmӕtik]

1 of or in the form of a drama a dramatic performance. dramatiese درامي، مَسْرَحي драматически dramatický dramatisk Schauspiel-... θεατρικός dramático draamavormis نمایشی draama- dramatique דְרָמָטִי नाटकीय dramatičan drámai berbentuk drama leikrænn; leiklistar- drammatico 演劇の 극적인 draminis, dramos dramatisks seni drama toneel- dramatisk, skuespiller- dramatyczny dramático dra­matic театральный divadelný dramski dramski drama-, teater- ที่เกี่ยวกับละคร dramla ilgili 戲劇的 драматичний ڈرامائی thuộc về kịch 戏剧的

2 vivid or striking a dramatic improvement; She made a dramatic entrance. dramatiese مُثير، مُؤَثِّر جدا، بارِز драматичен teatrální, živý, dramatický dramatisk; voldsom dramatisch εντυπωσιακός impresionante, espectacular tähelepanuväärne مهیج dramaattinen spectaculaire דְרָמָטִי तेज upadljiv, upečatljiv drámai dramatis áhrifamikill sensazionale 劇的な 매우 효과적인 teatrališkas, įspūdingas, ryškus iespaidīgs; teatrāls seni drama indrukwekkend oppsiktsvekkende, dramatisk dramatyczny impressionante spectaculos впечатляющий vzrušujúci, neuveriteľný dramatičen dramatičan dramatisk น่าทึ่ง çarpıcı, belirgin 戲劇性的 вражаючий; ефектний غیر متوقع طور پر رونما gây ấn tượng mạnh 戏剧性的

3 (of a person) showing (too) much feeling or emotion She's very dramatic about everything. dramaties شَديد المَشاعِر والعَواطِف драматичен teatrální dramatisk dramatisch μελοδραματικός dramático, teatral teatraalne پرشور ylitunteileva théâtral דְרָמָטִי अपनी भावनाओं को बहुत ज्यादा प्रदर्शन करने वाला व्यक्ति biti previše emocionalan mindent túldramatizál(ó) emosional leikrænn, dramatískur; tilfinningaríkur teatrale 芝居がかった 감성적인 jausmingas, emocingas emocionāls beremosi dramatisch overdrevet, dramatisk emocjonalny teatral teatral драматичный teat-rálny vznesen dramatičan dramatisk, teatralisk แสดงอารมณ์ความรู้สึกเกินจริง abartılı, velveleci 激動人心的 емоційний سنسنی خیز، بہت جذباتی gây xúc động 激动人心的

adv draˈmatically

dramatiese بصورةٍ درامِيَّه драматично dramaticky dramatiskt dramatisch (μελο)δραματικά, εντυπωσιακά dramáticamente dramaatiliselt به روش نمایشی؛ شگرف dramaattisesti de manière théâtrale בִּדרָמָטִיוּת नाटकीय ढंग से dramatično drámaian secara dramatis á dramatískan hátt, með leikrænum hætti in maniera teatrale 劇的に 극적으로 dramatiškai, teatrališkai, ryškiai dramatiski; teatrāli berseni drama dramatisch dramatisk dramatycznie dramaticamente teatral драматично;впечатляюще dramaticky dramatično dramatično dramatiskt เป็นอย่างละคร çarpıcı/etkileyici bir şekilde 戲劇性地 драматично ڈرامائی انداز میں một cách đột ngột 戏剧性地

n dramatist [ˈdrӕ-]

a writer of plays. dramaskrywer كاتِب مَسْرَحي/ دراما драматург dramatik dramatiker; skuespilforfatter der Schauspieldichter θεατρικός συγγραφέας dramaturgo näitekirjanik نمایش نامه نویس näytelmäkirjailija dramaturge מַחֲזַאי, מַחֲזַאִית नाटककार dramaturg drámaíró penulis drama leikritaskáld drammaturgo 劇作家 극작가 dramaturgas dramaturgs penulis drama toneelschrijver dramatiker dramaturg dramaturgo dra­­maturg драматург dramatik dramatik dramaturg dramatiker นักเขียนบทละคร oyun yazarı 劇作家 драматург ڈراما نویس kịch tác gia 剧作家

v dramatize, ˈdramatise [ˈdrӕ-]

1 to turn into the form of a play She dramatized the novel for television. dramatiseer يُمَسْرِح، يُحَوِّل إلى مَسْرَحِيَّه драматизирам zdramatizovat dramatisere bearbeiten διασκευάζω σε θεατρική μορφή adaptar a la televisión, al cine... lavale seadma به صمرت نمایش درآوردن sovittaa näyttämölle adapter pour la scène לְהַמחִיז नाटक के रूप में परिवर्तित करना prilagoditi za dramsku izvedbu színpadra alkalmaz menjadikan drama færa í leikbúning ridurre in forma di dramma 劇にする 극화하다 inscenizuoti, pritaikyti (teatrui, televizijai) dramatizēt membuat dalam bentuk drama dramatiseren dramatisere przerobić na sztukę dramatizar a dramatiza инсценировать zdramatizovať prirediti za gledališče dramatizovati dramatisera แปลงเป็นละคร dramatize etmek, oyunlaştırmak 把(小說等)改編為劇本 ставити на сцені, інсценувати ڈرامے کی شکل میں ڈھالنا chuyển thể thành kịch 把（小说等）改编为剧本

2 to make real events seem like things that happen in a play She dramatizes everything so! dramatiseer يُمَسْرِح: يَجْعَل الأحْداث تَبْدو كالمَسْرَحِيهّ، يُضَخِّم подходящ съм за драматична преработка dramatizovat dramatisere dramatisieren δραματοποιώ, κάνω κτ. να φαίνεται τραγικό dramatizar dramatiseerima پر شور و غلو آمیز بیان کردن dramatisoida dramatiser לְתָאֵר בִּדרָמָטִיוּת नाटकीय दृश्य बनाना dramatizirati dramatizál mendramatisasi ÿkja drammatizzare 劇的に表現する 극적으로 표현하다 dramatizuoti dramatizēt mendramakan dramatiseren spille ut, gjøre/formidle dramatisk dramatyzować fazer um drama a dramatiza драматизировать dramatizovať dramatizirati dramatizovati dramatisera ทำให้มีลักษณะคล้ายละคร abartmak 使真實的事件戲劇般地表現 драматизувати; перебільшувати ناٹک رچانا làm cho sự việc xúc động hơn 使真实的事件戏剧般地表现

n dramatiˈzation

dramatisering مَسْرَحَه، تَجْسيم، تَضْخيم драматизация dramatizace dramatisering die Dramatisierung δραματοποίηση, διασκευή adaptación teatral, dramatización dramatiseering به صورت نمایش درآوردن dramatisointi dramatisation הַמחָזָה नाटकीकरण, नाट्यकरण dramatizacija színpadra alkalmazás dramatisasi leiktúlkun; ÿkjur; það að færa í leikbúning drammatizzazione 劇化 극화 inscenizavimas, dramatizavimas dramatizējums pendramaan dramatisering dramatisering dramatyzacja dramatização dramatizare инсценировка;драматургия dramatizácia dramatizacija dramatizacija dramatisering การแสดงเกินจริง; การแสดงละคร oyunlaştırma, dramlaştırma (小說等)改編為劇本 драматизація; інсценування ڈراما سازی sự chuyển thể kịch （小说等）改编为剧本

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drama → دراما drama drama Drama δράμα drama näytelmä drame drama dramma 劇 극 drama drama dramat drama драма skådespel บทละคร dram kịch 戏剧