Formal type of literature intended for performance, where the text is written in the form of character lines and the author's remarks and is usually divided into acts and scenes
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Drama
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![[Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2854951x_EPH_499B_4_0002.jp2/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
![[Theatre programme for performances at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly, London by Maskelyne & Cooke, the Royal illusionists and anti-spiritualists with 4 plays (one about quack doctors : Decapitation, or no cure, no pay) and a display of Chinese plate dancing. Advert for E. Rimmel's perfumes and choice novelties on the back].](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2854951x_EPH_499B_4_0003.jp2/full/420%2C/0/default.jpg)
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