Drama about a rope (5)
I believe the answer is:
opera
'drama' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'about a rope' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'rope'='arope'
'arope' with letters rearranged gives 'OPERA'.
(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Musical in which all the words are sung" , "Eg, La traviata" , "Macbeth, perhaps" , "Macbeth, say" , "Throw a rope for this show" .)