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单词 closet drama
释义

closet drama

noun

drama appropriate for reading rather than for acting.
a play in this form.

Words nearby closet drama

close shave, close shot, close stitch, close-stool, closet, closet drama, closeted, closetful, close the books, close the door on, close the sale
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Example sentences from the Web for closet drama

  • This is so obviously a closet-drama that it is difficult to imagine how it would look under the illumination of the foot-lights.

    Essays on Scandinavian Literature|Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen

  • It is a clear and able study, not of the closet-drama, but of the actual stage play.

    The Riverside Bulletin, March, 1910|Anonymous

  • The familiar phrase "closet-drama" is a contradiction of terms.

    The Theory of the Theatre|Clayton Hamilton

British Dictionary definitions for closet drama

closet drama

noun

mainly US
  1. drama suitable for reading rather than performing
  2. a play of this kind
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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