What is another word for Monodrama?

Pronunciation: [mˌɒnə͡ʊdɹˈɑːmə] (IPA)

Monodrama is a theatrical form that is performed by a single actor who plays all the characters and narrates the story. However, there are a few synonyms for the word "Monodrama" that can be used to describe this type of performance. The first synonym is "one-person show" or simply "solo performance" which refers to a theatrical performance where only one actor is present on the stage. Another synonym is "one-man play" and "one-woman play" which are specific terms used for Monodramas performed by male and female actors respectively. Additionally, the term "one-actor play" can also be used to describe a Monodrama. Overall, these synonyms are essentially interchangeable and can be used to describe the same type of performance.

Synonyms for Monodrama:

What are the hypernyms for Monodrama?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    one-person play, single-actor play, solo play, theatrical solo.

Usage examples for Monodrama

For some reason or other he was not fond of the theatre, but he was in possession of a considerable genius for Monodrama, and often delighted his friends by his impersonations.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood
Professor Dowden in his recent life of Browning, in endeavoring to explain the peculiarities of Browning's plays, makes an important point, which is still more applicable to the dramatic form which he calls "the short Monodrama," but which I call the monologue.
"Browning and the Dramatic Monologue"
S. S. Curry
They were preceded by Pauline, in the strictest sense a Monodrama, a poem not less large in conception than either of the others, though this "fragment of a confession" is wrought out on a more contracted scale.
"Robert Browning"
Edward Dowden

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