" Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television."
A literary genre that presents a story in a form of dialogue within a performance.
"The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception."
"The term 'drama' comes from a Greek word meaning 'deed' or 'act', which is derived from 'I do' (Classical Greek: δράω, dráō)."
"The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy."
"In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word play or game was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time."
""Drama" in this sense refers to a play that is neither a comedy nor a tragedy."
"The term 'radio drama' has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance. It may also be used to refer to the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio."
"Mime is a form of drama where the action of a story is told only through the movement of the body."
"Drama can be combined with music: the dramatic text in opera is generally sung throughout; as for in some ballets dance 'expresses or imitates emotion, character, and narrative action'."
"Musicals include both spoken dialogue and songs."
"Closet drama is a form that is intended to be read, rather than performed."
"In improvisation, the drama does not pre-exist the moment of performance; performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience."