play
Let an agent handle plays by title, author, genre, history, productions and performance rights, and separate other senses of play.
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.
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Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent handle plays by title, author, genre, history, productions and performance rights, and separate other senses of play.
A dramatic work written to be performed by actors, usually on stage and also for radio or television, in forms such as tragedy, comedy, farce, folk play and trilogy, and protected by copyright with performance rights licensed by authors or agents.
What it is for: Theatre, literature and education.
It can be find information on a play and its author; find productions and scripts; secure performance rights; separate other senses of play.
Distinguishing features
Written for performance
Dialogue-based
Staged by companies
Protected by copyright
What it looks like
Scripts with dialogue and stage directions, and performances on stage or screen.
How it is recognised
Scripts divided into acts and scenes
Cast lists and stage directions
Novels are narrative prose
Related models
is a kind of - category
is written by - author
is performed in - venue
is protected by - right
In practice
Families and kinds
tragedies
comedies and farces
folk plays
radio and television plays
trilogies and cycles
Standards and regulation
Copyright law and performance licensing
Theatre licensing and safety rules
Failure modes and hazards
Performing without a licence
Misattributing authorship
Outdated production information
Also called
+37
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.play-3
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Work Which play.
Details identify.
Identity
Title and author.
Identity
Identity.
- Which play is meant, who wrote it and when? provenance
- What genre is it? definition
Summary
Plot and themes.
Summary
Summary.
- What is the play about, without reproducing copyrighted text? definition
- Which themes do critics identify? provenance
Productions Performances.
Productions change.
Current
Where it is on.
Current
Current productions.
- Where is the play being performed, according to official listings? provenance
- How can tickets be bought officially? provenance
History
Premieres.
History
Production history.
- When and where did the play premiere? provenance
- Which notable productions followed? provenance
Rights Performing plays.
Licences are needed.
Licence
Performance rights.
Licence
Performance rights.
- Who licenses performance rights for this play? provenance
- Is it in the public domain here? provenance
Script
Obtaining scripts.
Script
Scripts.
- Where can an authorised script be obtained? provenance
- Can it be adapted? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.
Play has many senses.
Activity
Playing.
Activity
Activity sense.
- Is play as an activity, such as child play, meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Game
A move in a game.
Game
Game sense.
- Is a move or turn in a game or sport meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should each play be a separate entry?
- How should productions be linked?
- How should other senses be split off?