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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Drama \Dra"ma\ (?; 277), n. [L. drama, Gr ?, fr ? to do act cf Lith. daryti.] 1. A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage. A divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. --Milton. 2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest. ``The drama of war.'' --Thackeray. Westward the course of empire takes its way The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day Time's noblest offspring is the last --Berkeley. The drama and contrivances of God's providence. --Sharp. 3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it dramatic literature. Note: The principal species of the drama are {tragedy} and {comedy}; inferior species are {tragi-comedy}, {melodrama}, {operas}, {burlettas}, and {farces}. {The romantic drama}, the kind of drama whose aim is to present a tale or history in scenes, and whose plays (like those of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and others) are stories told in dialogue by actors on the stage. --J. A. Symonds From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Comedy \Com"e*dy\, n.; pl {Comedies}. [F. com['e]die, L. comoedia fr Gr ?; ? a jovial festivity with music and dancing, a festal procession, an ode sung at this procession (perh. akin to ? village, E. home) + ? to sing; for comedy was originally of a lyric character. See {Home}, and {Ode}.] A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy. With all the vivacity of comedy. --Macaulay. Are come to play a pleasant comedy. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: comedy n 1: light and humorous drama with a happy ending [ant: {tragedy}] 2: a comic incident or series of incidents [syn: {drollery}, {clowning}, {funniness}]
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