Drama

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drama), which is derived from "to do" or "to act" (Classical Greek: δράω, draō). The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception.

Drama is also used as synonym of Dramatic (Situations of misfo
...more

New Releases Tagged "Drama"

Witch Queen Rising
Permanence
Livonia Chow Mein
あかね噺 21 [Akane-banashi 21]
Night Night Fawn
Blue Jay
Inbetweens: A Graphic Novel
The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2)
Never Lie
Reminders of Him
Broken Country
It Starts with Us (It Ends with Us, #2)
Half His Age
The Things We Never Say
The Names
None of This Is True
Saving 6 (Boys of Tommen, #3)
Ask for Andrea (Ask for Andrea, #1)
Judge Stone
The Five-Star Weekend (Sommer in Nantucket, #1)
The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1)
The Only One Left
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Play Ever
522 books — 457 voters
Not in the Script by Amy FinneganIt's a Wonderful Death by Sarah J. SchmittThe Islands at the End of the World by Austin AslanStolen Songbird by Danielle L. JensenPandemic by Yvonne Ventresca
Exciting Upcoming Books of 2014
213 books — 179 voters

A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Crucible by Arthur MillerWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
251 books — 368 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Gripping Books
644 books — 379 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian FlynnThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsInto the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes
Psychological Chillers by Women
474 books — 612 voters
Mine by Katy EvansRemy by Katy EvansRock Bottom by R.K. LilleyGabriel's Redemption by Sylvain ReynardJagged by Kristen Ashley
November & December 2013 Releases
157 books — 550 voters

Hamlet
Romeo and Juliet
Macbeth
Othello
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
King Lear
Waiting for Godot
The Tempest
The Crucible
Death of a Salesman
The Importance of Being Earnest
A Streetcar Named Desire
Julius Caesar
The Elephant Tree
Twelfth Night

Related Genres

Yvonne Korshak
Part of the hem floated loose. She spun around again—the fabric tightened like wool on a spindle. She breathed in fear. The boat was farther away. She swung her head around—so was the shore.
Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece

Susan  Rowland
   In 1658, Francis Andrew Ransome stole the Alchemy Scroll from St. Julian’s college, my present employer. Ransome was a member of a transatlantic group called The Invisible College. They were alchemists, meaning they worked with matter and spirit together.
Susan Rowland, The Alchemy Fire Murder

More quotes...
︶ ✿﹒keeping up with the GR family ﹒︵ ⋆.˚✮ 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 ✮˚.⋆ ꒰୨୧◞ You have received an invitation to one of the most ex…more
305 members, last active 35 days ago
Let's not forget about trisyllabic shortening! ˚₊‧꒰ა literature club ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ In progress: ✧ Secret santa ✧ Prompt writing challenge
5 members, last active one year ago
Fake drama for your healing!
25 members, last active 2 days ago
Club de lectura Grupo para reunir a toda la comunidad de lectores y escritores hispanohablantes. Tenemos que hac…more
3,960 members, last active 12 hours ago