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A dramatized film (usually for television) which is based on a semi-fictional interpretation of real events; a documentary drama.

1. Original meaning is "deed, act, action represented on the stage" from Greek, dran, "to do, to accomplish".
2. A play in prose or verse, especially one recounting a serious story.
3. Dramatic art of a particular kind or period; such as, a Shakespearean drama.
4. A real-life situation or succession of events having the dramatic progression or emotional content typical of a play.

1. Of or relating to drama or the theater.
2. Striking (immediately or vividly impressive), as in appearance or effect.

1. The characters in a play or story.
2. A list of the characters in a play or story.

A writer of plays; a playwright.

The action of dramatizing; conversion into drama; a dramatized version.

1. To make into a drama; that is, to adapt for presentation as a drama.
2. To present or regard in a dramatic or melodramatic way.

A dramatist; a maker of plays; a playwright.

Pertaining to dramaturgy; dramatic, histrionic, theatrical.

A composer of a drama; a playwright.

The art of the theater.

A dramatic piece for two performers only.

Of a dramatic nature or character in connection with a circus; probably based on the idea that a circus takes place in what is known as a "hippodrome" where horses run or perform.

A dramatic presentation marked by heavy use of suspense, sensational episodes, romantic sentiment, and a conventionally happy ending.

1. Having the excitement and emotional appeal of melodrama.
2. Highly emotional or sentimental; histrionic (excessively dramatic or emotional).