[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

drama \dra"ma\ draum"m.a or dr=a"m.a; 277, n. l.
   drama, gr. dra^ma, fr. dra^n 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.
      1913 webster

            a divine pastoral drama in the song of solomon.
                                                  --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. a series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and
      interest. "the drama of war." --thackeray.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster

            the drama and contrivances of god's providence.
                                                  --sharp.
      1913 webster

   3. dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or
      illustrating it; dramatic literature.
      1913 webster

   note: the principal species of the drama are tragedy and
         comedy; inferior species are tragi-comedy,
         melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.
         1913 webster

   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.
      dramatic
see also:
tragedy comedy tragi-comedy melodrama operas burlettas 
farces the romantic drama 

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