dramatisation

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dramatisation
    n 1: conversion into dramatic form; "the play was a
         dramatization of a short story" [syn: {dramatization},
         {dramatisation}]
    2: a dramatic representation [syn: {dramatization},
       {dramatisation}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dramatisation \dramatisation\ n.
   same as {dramatization}.

   Syn: dramatization.
        [WordNet 1.5]