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transitive. To make or render theatrical.
transitive. To convert into a drama; to put into dramatic form, adapt for representation on the stage.
transitive. To produce an amended version of (a text); esp. (in the 19th cent.) to make a translation of (a drama written in a foreign language)…
(transitive) to adapt for performance on the stage.