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, playdrama - the literary genre of works intended for the theaterstage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a playdramatic 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 naturetheater 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 playact - a subdivision of a play or opera or balletmiracle play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyrmorality play - an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vicesmystery play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of ChristPassion play - a play representing the Passion of Christsatyr play - an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs