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chronicle play
noun
- a drama based on historical material, usually consisting of a series of short episodes or scenes arranged chronologically.
chronicle play
noun
- a drama based on a historical subject
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chronicle play1
First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences
The ruder chronicle play also began, and the reigns of John and Henry V. amongst others were put upon the stage.
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But the chronicle-play is a species apart, and practically an extinct species: we need not pause to study its methods.
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It animated Marlowe no less than Drake, and the author of the least successful chronicle play as well as admiral or counselor.
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It presents a combination of chronicle play with Marlowesque protagonist and a Kydian apparatus of revenge.
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The English chronicle play had evidently not yet made any stir at court; but many of the classical plays were drawn from Livy.
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