chronicle play

noun

1. a drama based on historical material, usually consisting of a series of short episodes or scenes arranged chronologically.

chronicle play

noun

1. a drama based on a historical subject

Word History and Origins

Origin of chronicle play¹

First recorded in 1900–05

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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