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Definition of Closet drama
1. Noun. Drama more suitable for reading that for performing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closet Drama
Literary usage of Closet drama
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of the English Drama by Benjamin Griffith Brawley (1921)
"closet drama."—In spite then of the very genuine interest of such men as Lamb
and Hazlitt in the standard English drama, it is quite evident that the art of ..."
2. The American Dramatist by Montrose Jonas Moses (1917)
"While it is legitimate to accept the closet-drama as a form in itself, it is not
legitimate to consider it as in any way necessary to the theatre. ..."
3. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"His work is given to the world in the form of " The Cenci," or of " Count Julian, '
or of " Philip van Artevelde,'' and this is the closet drama the right ..."
4. The Dial edited by Francis Fisher Browne (1908)
"LIST OF NEW BOOKS .190 THE closet drama. It is against Professor Beers, ...
The closet drama, as it is frequently styled, has become a recognized species of ..."
5. Contrast in Shakespeare's Historical Plays by Francis Meehan (1915)
"I refer to what is known as the closet drama. The closet drama might be roughly
defined as a poem that looks like a play. Some eminent poets—Browning and ..."
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