In simpler terms, it refers to an emotional state where one or both people in a relationship create an uncomfortable feeling through manipulation and/or control. Even simpler? Drama means made-up conflict.

Drama is a mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance. Drama is also a type of a play written for theater, television, radio, and film. In simple words, a drama is a composition in verse or prose presenting a story in pantomime or dialogue.

1 : a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out : a usually serious play, movie, or television production. 2 : the art or profession of creating or putting on plays. 3 : an exciting or emotional situation or event Reporters told of the drama occurring in the courtroom.

noun. Informal. a person who often has exaggerated or overly emotional reactions to events or situations: You’re such a drama queen! You always have to have all the attention.

Drama as we know it began in ancient Greece. Aeschylus, a playwright, invented what we now call drama when he wrote a play that featured two actors and a chorus, who symbolized the common people or sometimes the gods. Other important Greek playwrights were Sophocles and Euripides.

Tragedy, branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual. By extension the term may be applied to other literary works, such as the novel.

The Tragedy of Mariam, the Fair Queen of Jewry, a closet drama written by Elizabeth Tanfield Cary (1585–1639) and first published in 1613, was the first original play in English known to have been written by a woman.

Drama is an important tool for preparing students to live and work in a world that is increasingly TEAM-ORIENTATED rather than hierarchical. Drama also helps students develop TOLERANCE and EMPATHY. In order to play a role competently, an actor must be able to fully inhabit another’s soul.