stage play

A stage play is a scripted dramatic performance presented live by actors on a theater stage before an audience.

Observed surface forms (26)

• theatrical work ×28
• theatrical production ×15
• Broadway play ×13
• comedy play ×12
• stage comedy ×12
• one-act play ×4
• satirical play ×4
• theatrical play ×4
• American play ×3
• stage adaptation ×3

• verse drama ×3
• Broadway play production ×2
• English Renaissance play ×2
• LGBT-related play ×2
• theatrical adaptation ×2
• Broadway play cycle ×1
• German-language play ×1
• Jacobean play ×1
• Living Newspaper production ×1
• ancient Greek comedy play ×1
• biographical play ×1
• contemporary play ×1
• drama theatre ×1
• historical play ×1
• monodrama ×1
• romantic comedy play ×1

Instances (114)

• Lynn Riggs
  surface form: Green Grow the Lilacs
• Aristophanes' play Clouds via concept surface "ancient Greek comedy play"
  surface form: Clouds
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (stage show) via concept surface "theatrical adaptation"
• Separate Tables
• French Without Tears via concept surface "stage comedy"
• Flare Path
• Adventure Story
• The Deep Blue Sea
• Cause Célèbre
• The Sleeping Prince
• The Winslow Boy
• The Example via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Humorous Courtier
• The Opportunity via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Gentleman of Venice
• The Triumph of Peace via concept surface "theatrical work"
• The Browning Version
• The Royal Master
• The Politician
• The Coronation
• Murder in the Cathedral via concept surface "verse drama"
• After the Dance
• The Lady of Pleasure
• The Witty Fair One
• The Bird in a Cage via concept surface "stage comedy"
• Death of a Salesman
• play "Our American Cousin"
  surface form: Our American Cousin
• The Imposture
• The Cocktail Party via concept surface "verse drama"
• All My Sons
• Voodoo Macbeth via concept surface "theatrical production"
• One-Third of a Nation via concept surface "theatrical play"
• The Constant Maid via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Wedding via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Brothers via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Price
• Sugar Babies via concept surface "theatrical production"
• Love's Cruelty
• After the Fall via concept surface "theatrical work"
• Torch Song Trilogy via concept surface "theatrical work"
• The Sisters via concept surface "stage comedy"
• The Trial of God via concept surface "theatrical work"
• The Wife of Bath via concept surface "theatrical work"
• Gaieties (Stanford student musical) via concept surface "theatrical production"
• The What D'Ye Call It via concept surface "one-act play"
• Alexandrinsky Theatre via concept surface "drama theatre"
• La voix humaine via concept surface "monodrama"
• Mass via concept surface "theatrical work"
• Frankenstein (National Theatre production)
• Metamorphoses via concept surface "theatrical adaptation"