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Definition of Dramatic work
1. Noun. A play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc..
Generic synonyms: Piece Of Writing, Writing, Written Material
Group relationships: Dramatic Art, Dramatics, Dramaturgy, Theater, Theatre
Specialized synonyms: Drama, Dramatic Play, Play, Act, Scene, Book, Playscript, Script
Terms within: Prologue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dramatic Work
Literary usage of Dramatic work
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"... dramatic imagination is easily seen if we compare the dramatic work of writers
without absolute vision, such as Calderón, Goethe, Ben Jonson, Fletcher, ..."
2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"A dramatic work in manuscript or typewritten, performed in public, but not printed
or published, is, accordingly, an unpublished work. ..."
3. A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright: In the United Kingdom and the by Evan James MacGillivray (1902)
"WHAT 1s A dramatic work. The subject of dramatic performing right must be— 1.
... That is to say, one cannot compose a non-dramatic work, and after ..."