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  2. Closet drama - Wikipedia

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    A closet drama (or closet play) is a play created primarily for reading, rather than production. Closet dramas are traditionally defined in narrower terms as belonging to a genre of dramatic writing unconcerned with stage technique. Stageability is only one aspect of closet drama: historically, playwrights might choose the genre of 'closet ...

  3. Category:Plays by Anton Chekhov - Wikipedia

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    The Wedding (Chekhov play) The Wood Demon (play) Categories: Russian plays by writer. Works by Anton Chekhov. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.

  4. Play (theatre) - Wikipedia

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    e. A play is a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than mere reading. The creator of a play is known as a playwright . Plays are staged at various levels, ranging from London's West End and New York City's Broadway – the highest echelons of commercial theatre ...

  5. Radio drama - Wikipedia

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    Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, [1] radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a ...

  6. One-act play - Wikipedia

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    The satyr play was a farcical short work that came after a trilogy of multi-act serious drama plays. A few notable examples of one act plays emerged before the 19th century including various versions of the Everyman play and works by Moliere and Calderon. One act plays became more common in the 19th century and are now a standard part of ...

  7. Philippine television drama - Wikipedia

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    Philippine television drama, also known as teledrama, Filipino telenovelas or P-drama, is a form of melodramatic, serialized, televised fiction in the Philippines. Teledrama is derived from two Filipino words: "tele", short for " telebisyón " (television) and " drama " (drama series). Teledramas share characteristics with and have roots ...

  8. Screenwriter - Wikipedia

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    e. A page of a screenplay, showcasing character dialogue, scene transitions, sluglines, and action lines. A screenwriter (also called scriptwriter, scribe, or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs, and video games, are based.

  9. ScreenPlay - Wikipedia

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    ScreenPlay is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background [ edit ] After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, feature length filmed dramas, including ScreenPlay . [1]