TY - GEN N2 - This resource provides essential information on the best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes details of the title, author, date of writing, date of first performance, genre, setting, and composition of cast; there is also a summary of the play's plot, and a brief commentary. Genres covered include: burlesque, comedy, farce, historical drama, kabuki, masque, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No, romantic comedy, tragicomedy, satire, and tragedy. AB - This resource provides essential information on the best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Each entry includes details of the title, author, date of writing, date of first performance, genre, setting, and composition of cast; there is also a summary of the play's plot, and a brief commentary. Genres covered include: burlesque, comedy, farce, historical drama, kabuki, masque, melodrama, morality play, mystery play, No, romantic comedy, tragicomedy, satire, and tragedy. T1 - The Oxford dictionary of plays / AU - Patterson, Michael, ET - Second edition. CN - Oxford Reference Online CN - PN1625 ID - 837818 KW - Drama SN - 9780191760082 TI - The Oxford dictionary of plays / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191760082.001.0001/acref-9780191760082 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780191760082.001.0001/acref-9780191760082 ER -