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tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

classical Chinese opera

theatre; theater; playhouse

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

tragedy; tragic event

film, play, novel, etc. with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story; multi-POV story

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain

troupe; theatrical company

fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight

historical play; period drama

sudden change; upheaval

severe earthquake; violent tremor

theatre-going; theater-going

powerful medicine; strong poison

puppet show

Western (film genre)

burlesque; low comedy; farce

action film; action movie; action drama; riotous scene; fight scene

heated argument; heated discussion; heated debate

short play; skit

playwright; dramatist

during a play

revenge tragedy

deleterious substance; toxic substance

shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater

stage play

love-hate relationships drama (movie, etc.)

tragicomedy

deadly poison

drama criticism

sword play; samurai drama

gekiga; manga with a realistic, dramatic art style and mature themes; kamishibai; storytelling with pictures

playwriting

pungent smell; sharp smell; strong odor (odour)

kabuki play; kabuki drama

historical drama

musical play; opera

the stage; theatrical world

gekiga style; manga style characterized by bold lines and dramatic composition

dramatic poem; dramatic poetry; dramatic verse

mime; dumb show; silent drama; pantomime

acute and serious; hyperacute; fulminant

historical drama

the stage; the theatrical world

contemporary drama

traditional Japanese theater (kabuki, noh, etc.); classical drama; play of the old school; period drama (film)

dance drama

masque; mask

playwriting

radio drama

theatrical performance given in English

play within a play

classical Chinese opera

drama in verse

film drama

dramatic expert

dramatization; dramatisation

pageant

modern drama; modern theater

talk on drama

extreme busyness

problematic divorce; (lit.) divorce drama

religious drama; miracle play

morality play

mystery play; mystère

Passion Play

dramatic literature

juvenile play

simple scripted play (without music, dance, etc.)

drama; dramatic art

human-interest play

social drama

severe heat; intense heat; oppressive heat

busy job; exhausting work

soap opera

morality play

play for children

controversial play; problem play

play dealing with ideas

sentimental drama

film, play, novel, etc. with parallel storylines focusing on different characters; multiprotagonist story; multi-POV story

closet drama; lesedrama

powerful medicine; violent poison

non-realistic drama

drama of ordinary people

morality play; allegorical play

comeback (e.g. in sports); complete reversal; dramatic turnabout

dramatic escape; escape story; account of an escape