noun

1. a literary composition that tells a story, usually of human conflict, by means of dialogue and action, to be performed by actors; play; now often specif., any play that is not a comedy
2. the art or profession of writing, acting in, or producing plays
3. plays collectively Elizabethan drama
4. a series of events so interesting, vivid, etc. as to resemble those of a play
5. the quality of being dramatic

Etymology: LL < Gr, an action, drama < dran, to do < IE base *drā-, to work > Latvian darīt, to do