It is the melodious drama of ancient Greek theater, the term "melodious drama" being shortened eventually to "melodrama" because operas frequently are melodramatic, not to say unrealistic.

He became well known by audience in 2008 with the drama "Office with Ghosts" Box Door and got the first place in the year 's small theater drama.

My first love was the theater, and the first opinion writers I read religiously were the drama critics Walter Kerr and Kenneth Tynan.