#play__drama a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage; "he wrote several plays but only one was produced on Broadway"
supertype: dramatic_composition__dramatic_work a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.
part: stage_direction act.dramatic_composition
subtype: theater_of_the_absurd plays stressing the irrational or illogical aspects of life, usually to show that modern life is pointless; "Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco have written plays for the theater of the absurd"
subtype: playlet a short play
subtype: miracle_play__miracleplay a medieval play representing episodes from the life of a saint or martyr
subtype: morality_play an allegorical play popular in the 15th and 16th centuries; characters personified virtues and vices
subtype: mystery_play__mysteryplay a medieval play representing episodes from the life of Christ
subtype: Passion_play a play representing the Passion of Christ
subtype: satyr_play__satyrplay an ancient Greek burlesque with a chorus of satyrs
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