dramatic work
Script for actors
A dramatic work is a composition meant to be performed by actors—a play, screenplay, opera libretto, or similar piece written for stage, film, or broadcast.
The term appears most often in legal and academic contexts, particularly in copyright law, where it distinguishes performed narratives from novels, poems, or musical compositions: The copyright covers the dramatic work but not the underlying historical events.
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- tragic flawDefect causing protagonist's downfall
- teleplayDrama written for broadcast
- comedyWork meant to amuse
- actDeed or performance
monologue · playwright · ensemble cast · catharsis · soliloquy · hero · one-act play · script · stage direction · dramatic irony · villain · farce · set · applause · curtain call · standing ovation · encore · performance
dramatic worknovel
New and unusual
prose fiction · narrative prose · essay · lyric poetry · epic poem