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closet drama

noun

  1. drama appropriate for reading rather than for acting.
  2. a play in this form.


closet drama

noun

    1. drama suitable for reading rather than performing
    2. a play of this kind
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Theater has a long tradition of closet dramas, plays that were written to be read rather than staged.

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Like so many Golden Age mysteries, the original novel is essentially a closet drama, one that closely observes the theatrical unities of place, time and action.

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English history plays were rare; Roman history plays frequent; Senecan closet dramas continued; the Marlowean and Kydian traditions received further development.

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It does not concern itself with plays, past or present, intended primarily to be read—closet drama.

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Yet some closet dramas seem to want to stay in the closet.

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