chronicle play

chronicle play
noun Date: 1863 a play with a theme from history consisting usually of rather loosely connected episodes chronologically arranged

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • chronicle drama — noun : chronicle play; collectively : chronicle plays …   Useful english dictionary

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