As a noun docudrama is
a type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
opera
Noun
(en-noun)
(lb) A theatrical work combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance.
(lb) The score for such a work.
A building designed for the performance of such works; an opera house.
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A company dedicated to performing such works.
(lb) Any showy, melodramatic or unrealistic production resembing an opera.
A collection of work (plural of opus).
Derived terms
* comic opera
* grand opera
* horse opera
* oat opera
* opera bouffe
* opera comique
* opera buffa
* opera hat
* opera house
* opera seria
* opera singer
* opera slipper
* soap opera
* space opera
Related terms
* operatic
* operetta
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* operable
* operand
* operant
* operate
* operation
* operational
* operative
* operator
* opus
See also
* aria
* ballet
* masque
* melodrama
* musical comedy
* recitative
* singspiel
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docudrama
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A type of drama (a film, a television show, or a play) that combines elements of documentary and drama, to some extent showing real events and to some extent using actors performing recreations of documented events.
Alternative forms
* docu-drama
