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Drama
1

-- See Everyman's library. Drama


2

-- See Also the narrower term Acting editions


Plays with full stage directions that are intended for personnel directly involved in a theatrical production.
3

-- See Also the narrower term Amateur plays


Here are entered collections of plays, skits, recitations, etc. for production by nonprofessionals. Works about, including history and criticism of, such plays are entered under Amateur theater.
4

-- See Also the narrower term Biographical drama


Plays that depict the lives of real people interspersed with fictional characters and events. For plays in which real persons, places, or events are depicted under invented names see Drames à clef.
5

-- See Also the narrower term Biographical drama


6

-- See Also the narrower term Carnival plays


7

-- See Also the narrower term Children's plays


Here are entered collections of plays for children and works on such plays.
--subdivision Juvenile drama under names of countries, cities, etc., names of individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, names of deities and mythological or legendary figures, individual and groups of fictitious and legendary characters, and topical headings
8

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas plays


9

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas plays


10

-- See Also the narrower term Comedy



--headings for drama of individual countries or languages with qualifier (Comedy), e.g. English drama (Comedy)
11

-- See Also the narrower term Comedy plays


12

-- See Also the narrower term Detective and mystery plays


13

-- See Also the narrower term Detective and mystery plays


14

-- See Also the narrower term Dialect drama


15

-- See Also Dialogue


Here are entered works on dialogue. Collections of dialogues are entered under Dialogues.
16

-- See Also the narrower term Didactic drama


Plays that are intended to be instructional.
17

-- See Also the narrower term Domestic drama


18

-- See Also the narrower term Domestic drama


Plays depicting the problems of the middle and lower classes, particularly within the family and home.
19

-- See Also the narrower term Dystopian plays


20

-- See Also the narrower term Equestrian drama


21

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic drama


22

-- See Also the narrower term Erotic drama


23

-- See Also the narrower term Experimental drama


24

-- See Also the narrower term Fairy plays


25

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy drama


Plays in which magic and extraordinary characters are integral to the story.
26

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy drama


27

-- See Also the narrower term Farce


Here are entered works on the farce as a literary form. Collections of farces are entered under the heading Farces.
28

-- See Also the narrower term Farces


Here are entered collections of farces. Works on the farce as a literary form are entered under Farce.
--headings for farces qualified by language or nationality, e.g. Hindi farces; Cuban farces
29

-- See Also the narrower term Feminist drama


30

-- See Also the narrower term Folk drama


31

-- See Also the narrower term Folk drama


Amateur dramas based on folk traditions and local history.
32

-- See Also the narrower term Gay drama


Drama featuring gay characters or addressing gay themes.
33

-- See Also the narrower term Ghost plays


34

-- See Also the narrower term Historical drama



--subdivision History--Drama or subdivision History--[period subdivision]--Drama under names of countries, cities, etc.; and subdivision Drama under names of historical events and persons
35

-- See Also the narrower term Historical drama


Plays set during a recognizable time period prior to the time in which they were written.
36

-- See Also the narrower term Horror plays


37

-- See Also the narrower term Interludes (Drama)


Brief plays performed between the courses of a banquet or the acts of a longer play.
38

-- See Also the narrower term Jewish drama


39

-- See Also the narrower term Legal drama (Literature)


Plays that feature the practice of law.
40

-- See Also the narrower term Librettos


41

-- See Also the narrower term Masques


42

-- See Also the narrower term Masques


The texts of 16th-17th century courtly entertainments that combined poetic drama, music, dance, song, lavish costume, and costly stage effects with a simple mythological or allegorical plot.
43

-- See Also the narrower term Medical drama


44

-- See Also the narrower term Medical drama


Plays that feature medical personnel and the practice of medicine.
45

-- See Also the narrower term Melodrama


46

-- See Also the narrower term Melodramas (Drama)


Plays that emphasize plot, action, and exaggerated emotion at the expense of characterization.
47

-- See Also the narrower term Monodramas


48

-- See Also the narrower term Monodramas (Literature)


49

-- See Also the narrower term Monologue


50

-- See Also the narrower term Monologues (Drama)


Extended speeches uttered by one speaker, either alone or to others.
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