closet drama

noun

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

closet drama

noun

1. 1. drama suitable for reading rather than performing
   2. a play of this kind

Example Sentences

Recent poetry manifests the same tendency, and likewise the drama, particularly the closet drama and the playlet.

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This is so obviously a closet-drama that it is difficult to imagine how it would look under the illumination of the foot-lights.

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The greatest artistry was expressing itself in poetry, and in America no major poet but Longfellow attempted even closet drama.

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The familiar phrase "closet-drama" is a contradiction of terms.

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It is a clear and able study, not of the closet-drama, but of the actual stage play.

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