drama - the literary genre of works intended for the theater

stage direction - an instruction written as part of the script of a play

dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

Grand Guignol - a play of a macabre or horrific nature

theater of the absurd - plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless; "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd"

playlet - a short play

act - a subdivision of a play or opera or ballet

miracle play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr

morality play - an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices

mystery play - a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ

Passion play - a play representing the Passion of Christ

satyr play - an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs