sword play;  samurai drama
 theatre;  theater;  playhouse
 tragedy;  tragic drama;  tragic play;  tragedy;  calamity;  disaster
 fierce battle;  hard-fought battle;  hot contest;  severe fight
 dramatic;  exciting;  touching;  extreme
 powerful medicine;  strong poison
 troupe;  theatrical company
 sudden;  abrupt;  rapid;  sharp;  drastic;  radical
 severe earthquake;  violent tremor
 burlesque;  low comedy;  farce
 heated argument;  heated discussion;  heated debate
 comic strip with dramatic story
 kabuki play;  kabuki drama
 simple scripted play (without music, dance, etc.)
 busy job;  exhausting work
 sharp pain;  acute pain;  intense pain
 historical play;  period drama
 theatre-going;  theater-going
 action film;  action movie;  action drama;  riotous scene;  fight scene
 deleterious substance;  toxic substance
 school of western-inspired Japanese drama which developed towards the end of the Meiji period;  shingeki;  new-drama (movement)
 love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)
 the stage;  theatrical world
 dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters;  multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
 pungent smell;  sharp smell;  strong odor (odour)
 mime;  dumb show;  silent drama;  pantomime
 acute and serious;  hyperacute;  fulminant
 the stage;  the theatrical world
 classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.);  play of the old school;  period drama (film)
 theatrical performance given in English
 dramatization;  dramatisation
 modern drama;  modern theater
 religious drama;  miracle play
 problematic divorce; (lit.) divorce drama
 severe heat;  intense heat;  oppressive heat
 Shakespeare's late romances
 controversial play;  problem play
 dramatic production with parallel storylines focusing on different characters;  multiprotagonist story, film, etc.
 powerful medicine;  violent poison
 morality play;  allegorical play