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Definition of chronicle play in US English: chronicle play(also chronicle history) noun A historical drama consisting of a series of short episodes arranged chronologically. Example sentencesExamples - Throughout the sixteenth century, the theatre had been turning increasingly secular and morality plays were giving way to chronicle plays, shifting from religious allegory to particular historic individuals.
- For the rest of his life, he relied on European donors, who paid for literary adaptations: Kafka's The Trial in 1962, Chimes at Midnight - his own digest of Shakespeare's chronicle plays - in 1966, Isak Dinesen's The Immortal Story in 1968.
- The years from 1593 to near the turn of the century are particularly lacking in records of plays or theaters; but it seems clear that the main developments of the drama were in romantic comedy and chronicle history.
- In this thesis I explore the relationship between Shakespeare's English chronicle plays and John Foxe's Acts and Monuments.
- The play's sources include a chronicle play, King Leir, the chronicles of Holinshed, and the Mirror for Magistrates.
Definition of chronicle play in US English: chronicle play(also chronicle history) noun A historical drama consisting of a series of short episodes arranged chronologically. Example sentencesExamples - The play's sources include a chronicle play, King Leir, the chronicles of Holinshed, and the Mirror for Magistrates.
- In this thesis I explore the relationship between Shakespeare's English chronicle plays and John Foxe's Acts and Monuments.
- The years from 1593 to near the turn of the century are particularly lacking in records of plays or theaters; but it seems clear that the main developments of the drama were in romantic comedy and chronicle history.
- Throughout the sixteenth century, the theatre had been turning increasingly secular and morality plays were giving way to chronicle plays, shifting from religious allegory to particular historic individuals.
- For the rest of his life, he relied on European donors, who paid for literary adaptations: Kafka's The Trial in 1962, Chimes at Midnight - his own digest of Shakespeare's chronicle plays - in 1966, Isak Dinesen's The Immortal Story in 1968.
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