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dram* dis itg Theatrical production, play.
þesp* gen act (v) To perform, act.
(n) Thespian, actor, actress.

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libr* Book
qram* Description
sermon* Dissertation Formal discourse in speech or writing.
* The Drama
* Writing

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The Drama synonyms

THE DRAMA, the stage, the theater or theatre, the play; theatricals, dramaturgy, histrionic art, mimography, buskin, sock, cothurnus, Melpomene and Thalia, Thespis.\n PLAY, drama, stageplay, piece, five-act play, tragedy, comedy, opera, vaudeville, comedietta, lever de rideau [F.], curtain raiser, interlude, afterpiece, exode [Rom. antiq.], farce, divertissement [F.], extravaganza, burletta, harlequinade, pantomime, burlesque, opéra bouffe [F.], ballet, spectacle, masque, drame [F.], comédie drame [F.]; melodrama; comédie larmoyante [F.]; emotional -drama, - play; sensation drama; tragi-comedy; light -, genteel -, low -, farce- comedy, comedy of manners, farcical-comedy; monodrama, monodram or monodrame, monologue, duologue, dialogue; trilogy; charade, proverbe [F.]; mystery, miracle play, morality play.\n ACT, scene, tableau, curtain; introduction, induction [archaic], exposition, expository scenes; prologue, epilogue; libretto, book, text, prompter’s copy.\n PERFORMANCE, representation, show [colloq.], mise en scène [F.], stage setting, stagery [obs.], stagecraft, jeu de théâtre [F.]; acting; gesture [See Indication]; impersonation [See Representation]; stage business, gag, patter, slap-stick [slang], buffoonery.\n THEATER or theatre, playhouse, opera house; music hall; amphitheater or amphitheatre, circus, hippodrome; moving-picture theater, moving pictures, movies [colloq.], cinematograph or cinema [colloq., Brit.]; puppet show, fantoccini; marionettes, Punch and Judy.\n AUDITORY, auditorium, front of the house, front [colloq. and professional], stalls [chiefly Eng.], orchestra seats or orchestra, pit [chiefly Eng.], parquet, orchestra circle, boxes, balcony, gallery, peanut gallery [slang]; dressing rooms, greenroom.\n SCENERY; back scene, flat; drop, drop scene; wing, screen, coulisse, side scene, transformation scene, curtain, act drop; proscenium; fire curtain, asbestos curtain.\n STAGE, movable stage, scene, the boards; trap, mezzanine floor; flies; floats, footlights; limelight, spotlight, colored light; orchestra.\n theatrical costume, theatrical properties, props [theat. cant].\n CAST, dramatis personœ [L.], persons in the play; rôle, part, character; repertoire, repertory, répertoire [F.].\n ACTOR, player; stage -, strolling- player; barnstormer, stager [rare], old stager; masker, masquer [rare], mime, mimer, mimic, mimester [rare]; artiste [F.], performer, star, headliner; comedian, tragedian, tragédienne [F.], Thespian, Roscius, ham [slang], hamfatter [slang]; utility, general utility, utility man.\n BUFFOON, pantomimist, clown, farceur [F.], buffo (pl. buffi) [It.], grimacer, pantaloon, harlequin, columbine; punch, punchinello, pulcinella [It.].\n mummer, guiser [Eng. & Scot.], guisard [Scot.], gysart [obs.], masque [obs.], mask.\n mountebank, Jack Pudding; tumbler, posture master, acrobat; contortionist; ballet dancer, ballet girl; coryphée [F.], danseuse [F.]; chorus girl, chorus singer.\n COMPANY; first tragedian, prima donna, leading lady; lead; leading man, protagonist; jeune premier [F.], débutant (fem. débutante) [F.]; light -, genteel -, low- comedian; walking gentleman or lady [obsoles.], amoroso [It.], juvenile lead, juvenile; heavy lead, heavy; heavy father, ingénue [F.], jeune veuve [F.], soubrette, farceur (fem. farceuse) [F.].\n MUTE, figurant, figurante, walking part, supernumerary, super [theat. cant], supe [theat. cant].\n manager; stage -, actor -, acting- manager; entrepreneur [F.], impresario; angel [slang].\n [THEATER STAFF] property man, prop [theat. cant]; costumer, costumier, wigmaker, make-up artist; sceneshifter, grip [U. S.], stage hand, stage carpenter, machinist, electrician, chief electrician; prompter, call boy; advance agent, publicity agent.\n DRAMATIST, playwright, playwriter; dramatic -author, - writer; mimographer, mimist [obs.]; dramatic critic.\n AUDIENCE, auditory, house; orchestra &c. n.; gallery, the gods [colloq.], gallery gods [colloq.].