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It was part of my training at drama school.Cosy period dramas make for perfect winter viewing but are often filmed in summer.It is unusual for the action in a theatre auditorium to rival the drama on the stage.Off it, their own drama was playing out in identical fashion.Who doesn't love a period crime drama?Great sci-fi drama sees two new guests head to the futuristic cowboy park.When a tutor advised her to apply for tutor drama school, she took the plunge.He now stars in US drama Elementary.A troubling drama set against the backdrop of the Korean War in which a young man gets involved with a precocious fellow student.The drama was played out on a global stage.We also use more serious drama than we used to.The next step is to apply for drama courses at local colleges or drama schools.It is a prize that literature or drama students anywhere in the world would envy.She taught me how to live life through drama and art.Those taking theatre and drama lessons decreased from nearly half to less than a third.The hostage drama was the second incident of its kind in three years.Not all sounds used in radio dramas are produced in this way.Under the new system the drama of the moment would probably have been lost.These range from dull practicalities to looming emotional dramas.To discard the stage of the drama of life.The drama played to his vanity as well as his instincts as a political gambler.He went to drama school at the suggestion of a girlfriend.She finds herself trying to save lives while directing a live hostage drama.This is the worst period drama of the year, and the whole cast know it.He was deeply involved in drama productions in Cambridge.The show continues to dazzle audiences with its songs, drama and magical sets.You don't have to go to the theatre for drama.He acted in school drama productions, sang and played trombone.I'm ready to do a period drama again.Having done costume drama and serious roles, she's keen to try comedy.

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drama

British English: drama /ˈdrɑːmə/ NOUN
A drama is a serious play for the theatre, television, or radio.
He acted in radio dramas.
  • American English: drama
  • Arabic: دراما
  • Brazilian Portuguese: drama
  • Chinese: 戏剧
  • Croatian: drama
  • Czech: drama
  • Danish: drama
  • Dutch: drama
  • European Spanish: drama
  • Finnish: näytelmä
  • French: drame
  • German: Drama
  • Greek: δράμα
  • Italian: dramma
  • Japanese:
  • Korean: 연기하다
  • Norwegian: drama
  • Polish: dramat
  • European Portuguese: drama
  • Romanian: dramă
  • Russian: драма
  • Latin American Spanish: drama
  • Swedish: skådespel
  • Thai: บทละคร
  • Turkish: dram
  • Ukrainian: драма
  • Vietnamese: kịch nói

All related terms of 'drama'

Chinese translation of 'drama'

drama

(ˈdrɑːmə)

n

  1. (u) (= theatre) 戏(戲)剧(劇) (xìjù)
  2. (c) (= play) 一出(齣)戏(戲)剧(劇) (yī chū xìjù) (, )
  3. (c/u) (= excitement) 戏(戲)剧(劇)性 (xìjùxìng) (种(種), zhǒng)
(noun) 
Definition
a serious play for theatre, television, or radio
He acted in radio dramas.
Synonyms
play
The company put on a Shakespeare play
show
How about going to see a show in London?
stage show
stage play
dramatization
theatrical piece
(noun) 
Definition
the art of writing, producing, or acting in a play
He knew nothing of Greek drama.
Synonyms
theatre
acting
She has returned home to pursue her career in acting.
dramatic art
stagecraft
dramaturgy
Thespian art
(noun) 
Definition
a situation that is exciting or highly emotional
the drama of a hostage release
Synonyms
excitement
crisis
dramatics
spectacle
turmoil
histrionics
theatrics

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subject word lists

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Quotations

Drama is life with the dull bits cut out [Alfred Hitchcock]
The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with the truth but with effect [W. Somerset Maugham – The Summing Up]Life is full of internal dramas, instantaneous and sensational, played to an audience of one [Anthony Powell]pantomime: a play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action [Ambrose Bierce – The Devil's Dictionary]for what's a play without a woman in it? [Thomas Kyd – The Spanish Tragedy]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of acting
Definition
the art of an actor
She has returned home to pursue her career in acting.
Synonyms
performance,
playing,
performing,
theatre,
dramatics,
portraying,
enacting,
portrayal,
impersonation,
characterization,
stagecraft
in the sense of show
Definition
a theatrical or other entertainment
How about going to see a show in London?
Synonyms
entertainment,
performance,
play,
production,
drama,
musical,
presentation,
theatrical performance

Synonyms of 'drama'

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