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- noun A play to be read rather than performed.
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- noun drama more suitable for reading that for performing
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Literary term for a work written as a play or dramatic poem that is intended for private study rather than for a stage performance. English examples are Milton's Simon Agonistes (1671) and Shelley's Prometheus Unbound (1820).
Cf. Senecan tragedy.
September 23, 2009