noun (n)

• a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage(noun.communication)

  Synonym:
  dramatic play, play
  

  source: wordnet30
• an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional(noun.event)

  Synonym:
  dramatic event
  

  source: wordnet30
• the literary genre of works intended for the theater(noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the quality of being arresting or highly emotional(noun.attribute)

  source: wordnet30
• 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.(noun)

  source: webster1913