DRAMA

drama,n.1. A presentation of a story portrayed by words and actions or actions alone; a play.

Cf. DRAMATIC COMPOSITION.

“The  term  [drama]  is  applied  to  compositions  which  imitate  action  by  representing  the

personages introduced  in  them  as  real  and  as  employed  in  the  action  itself.  The  varieties  of  the

drama differ more or less widely, both as to the objects imitated and as to the means used in the

imitation. But they all agree as to the method or manner which is essential to the dramatic art, viz.,

imitation in the way of action.” 7 Encyclopaedia Britannica 338 (9th ed. 1907).

2. An event or series of events having conflicting and exciting elements that capture people’s[Blacks Law 8th]

attention.