Drā'mā, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Lat. drama, Gr. δρᾶμα, from δράω, to do, to act; Fr. drame.] 1. A composition, in prose or poetry, designed to be spoken and represented on the stage by several characters, which depicts a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward and terminating in some striking result. The Scriptures afford us a divine pastoral drama in the Song of Solomon. Milton. 2. A real series of events that are invested with a dramatic unity and interest. The drama and contrivances of God's providence. Sharp. 3. Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature. The principal species of the drama are tragedy and comedy: inferior species are tragi-comedy, melodrama, operas, burlettas, and farces.