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drama

vr.tr.drama · INF.MED

Let an agent handle drama by form, genre, works, performance and study, with sourced facts and neutral critical views.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle drama by form, genre, works, performance and study, with sourced facts and neutral critical views.

A mode of fiction represented in performance, such as plays, radio drama, television and film drama; also a genre of serious narrative works distinct from comedy, with subgenres such as historical, medical and crime drama.

What it is for: Storytelling through performance.

It can be identify dramatic forms and genres; find productions and adaptations; analyse dramatic structure; find drama education and performance opportunities.

Distinguishing features

Performed narrative

Dialogue and action

Many forms and media

Serious genre sense

What it looks like

Performances on stage, radio, television or screen; scripts and productions.

How it is recognised

Scripts, acts and scenes

Stage, radio and screen drama

Drama as everyday conflict is a figurative sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

narrative

is performed in - venue

theatre

is written by - author

playwright

is contrasted with - genre

comedy

In practice

Families and kinds

stage plays

radio drama

television drama

historical pageants

genre dramas such as medical and spy drama

Standards and regulation

Performing rights and licensing

Age ratings for broadcast and film

Failure modes and hazards

Presenting taste as fact

Unlicensed performances

Also called

historical pageantradio adaptationradio dramamedical dramaspy radio playwar radio playscience fiction radio playradio drama manuscriptJapanese radio dramaradio-scenefantasy radio programlegal radio programsuperhero radio programadventure radio playdrama CDentertainment radio playthriller radio playradionovelacrime radio dramachildren's radio dramalegal dramadocu-soaptrial filmdrama podcastsoap operaIndian soap operaregional soap operaTamil television soap operascreenplayApollonian dramaDionysian dramareligious dramadidactic dramaHan operaCzech dramaFrench dramaAmerican dramaSpanish dramaFrench-language dramadetective and mystery play

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.drama-attribute

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Form Which drama.

Forms differ.

Medium

Stage or screen.

Medium

Medium.

  1. Is it stage, radio, television or film drama? definition
  2. Which genre? definition

Work

Specific work.

Work

Specific work.

  1. Which work is meant, and who wrote it? provenance
  2. When was it first performed or broadcast? provenance
Analysis Structure.

Structure shapes meaning.

Structure

Acts and scenes.

Structure

Dramatic structure.

  1. How is the work structured? definition
  2. Which conventions does it use? definition

Criticism

Reception.

Criticism

Critical reception.

  1. How have critics received it, and which critics? provenance
  2. Are opinions attributed? boundary
Performance Productions.

Productions vary.

Productions

Where and when.

Productions

Productions.

  1. Where is it being performed or streamed now? provenance
  2. What is the age rating? provenance

Licensing

Rights.

Licensing

Performance rights.

  1. Is a licence needed to perform it? provenance
  2. Who grants it? provenance
Participation Taking part.

People take part in drama.

Education

Classes.

Education

Drama education.

  1. Where can people study or join drama groups? provenance
  2. Is it accessible? provenance

Senses

Disambiguation.

Senses

Figurative sense.

  1. Is drama in the sense of conflict or excitement meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should dramatic forms be separate entries?
  • How should productions be linked?
  • How should the figurative sense be split off?
Draft as JSON