Drama

A composition, in prose or poetry, accommodated to action, and intended to exhibit a picture of human life, or to depict a series of grave or humorous actions of more than ordinary interest, tending toward some striking result. It is commonly designed to be spoken and represented by actors on the stage.

A series of real events invested with a dramatic unity and interest.

Dramatic composition and the literature pertaining to or illustrating it; dramatic literature.

the literary genre of works intended for the theater

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"