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Drama

-- 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.

-- See Also the narrower term Biographical drama

-- 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

-- See Also the narrower term Christmas plays

-- See Also the narrower term Comedy

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

-- See Also the narrower term Detective and mystery plays

-- See Also Dialogue

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

-- See Also the narrower term Domestic drama

-- See Also the narrower term Domestic tragedies (Drama)

Here are entered tragedies depicting middle- or working-class family affairs and relationships.

-- See Also the narrower term Dystopian plays

-- See Also the narrower term Fairy plays

-- See Also the narrower term Fantasy drama

-- 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.

-- See Also the narrower term Folk drama

-- See Also the narrower term Ghost plays

-- 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

-- See Also the narrower term Horror plays

-- See Also the narrower term Medical drama

-- See Also the narrower term Melodrama

-- See Also the narrower term Monodramas

-- See Also the narrower term Monodramas (Literature)

-- See Also the narrower term Monologue

-- See Also the narrower term Moralities

-- See Also the narrower term Motion picture plays

-- See Also the narrower term Mysteries and miracle-plays

-- See Also the narrower term One-act plays

-- See Also the narrower term Opera

Here are entered general works about opera. Musical compositions in this form are entered under the heading Operas.
--subdivision In opera under names of individual persons, under names of individual deities, mythological and legendary figures, and fictitious characters, and under names of countries, cities, etc., for works on those persons and places in opera.

-- See Also the narrower term Pantomime

Here are entered works on plays or entertainments in which the performers express themselves by mute gestures, often to the accompaniment of music. Collections of pantomimes are entered under Pantomimes.

-- See Also the narrower term Participatory drama

Plays structured to include active involvement by audience members.

-- See Also the narrower term Passion-plays

-- See Also the narrower term Pastoral drama

-- See Also the narrower term Political plays

-- See Also the narrower term Puppet plays

Here are entered the texts of puppet plays and works treating of them from a literary point of view. General works on puppetry and works on the presentation of puppet plays are entered under Puppet theater. Works on facilities used to stage puppet plays are entered under Puppet theaters.

-- See Also the narrower term Radio plays

-- See Also the narrower term Religion and drama

-- See Also the narrower term Religious drama

-- See Also the narrower term Science fiction plays

-- See Also the narrower term Stage adaptations

-- See Also the narrower term Television plays

Here are entered the scripts of television plays and works about television plays. This heading is not used for produced television programs, which are entered under headings appropriate to the content, genre, and/or form of the program.

-- See Also the narrower term Tragedies (Drama)

-- See Also the narrower term Tragedy

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

-- See Also the narrower term Tragicomedy

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