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Mask :: Mask (n.) A dramatic performance, formerly in vogue, in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters..

Dramatizable :: Dramatizable (a.) Capable of being dramatized.

Trilogy :: Trilogy (n.) A series of three dramas which, although each of them is in one sense complete, have a close mutual relation, and form one historical and poetical picture. Shakespeare's Henry VI. is an example..

Pantomime :: Pantomime (n.) A dramatic representation by actors who use only dumb show; hence, dumb show, generally..

Drama :: Drama (n.) A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Theatrical :: Theatrical (a.) Of or pertaining to a theater, or to the scenic representations; resembling the manner of dramatic performers; histrionic; hence, artificial; as, theatrical performances; theatrical gestures..

Cantata :: Cantata (n.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody..

Dramatist :: Dramatist (n.) The author of a dramatic composition; a writer of plays.

Catastrophe :: Catastrophe (n.) The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy..

Costume :: Costume (n.) A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes..

Poetry :: Poetry (n.) Imaginative language or composition, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry..

Drama :: Drama (n.) A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage..

Imbroglio :: Imbroglio (n.) An intricate, complicated plot, as of a drama or work of fiction..

Tragedy :: Tragedy (n.) A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life..

Part :: Part (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act..

Dramatis Personae :: Dramatis personae () The actors in a drama or play.

Prologue :: Prologue (n.) The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales; esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance.

Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) 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 descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..

Denouement :: Denouement (n.) The unraveling or discovery of a plot; the catastrophe, especially of a drama or a romance..

Masquerade :: Masquerade (n.) A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4..

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