…a person who habitually responds to situations in a melodramatic way…
…an opera whose structure is governed by considerations of dramatic effectiveness, rather than by the convention of having a series of formal arias…
…a television or cinema production set in a particular historical period, in which the actors wear costumes typical of that period…
…exaggerate the importance of (a minor problem or incident)…
…a play to be read rather than acted…
…a form of psychotherapy in which patients act out events from their past…
