drama-

(Greek > Late Latin: to do, to accomplish)


monodrama
A dramatic piece for a single performer; now, especially an opera for one singer.
psychodrama
1. A form of psychotherapy in which a patient acts or performs extempore with or in front of fellow patients and therapists in a way that dramatizes the patient&$146;s problems or difficulties; an extempore psychotherapeutic play of this kind.
2. Patients act out assigned roles and, in so doing, are able to gain insight into their own mental dissturbances.
sociodrama
1. Psychodrama focusing on the entire therapy group and aiming at the active restructuring of attitudes to better fit the social mores of the society.
2. An improvised play acted by or for those involved in a situation of social tension in order to portray different perceptions of the same situation and represent objectively what each experiences in his or her role; a form of psychiatric treatment based on this type of play.
theodrama (s) (noun), theodramas (pl)
A drama or play in which the actors are gods.
undramatic, undramatical, undramatically
1. Lacking the essential qualities of drama.
2. Not gifted with or exhibiting dramatic power; not adapted for the production of drama.