Drama /(drä"mȧ [or] drā"mȧ; 277)/

Dra·ma

Drama

n.
  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.
  2. A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.
    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.

Phrases & Compounds
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.