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well-made play: a standalone construct

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Theatre studies

a tightly built 19th-century play formula, associated with Scribe, organised around secrets, reversals and a climactic confrontation.

In theatre studies, well-made play refers to a tightly built 19th-century play formula, associated with Scribe, organised around secrets, reversals and a climactic confrontation. This meaning comes from Taylor (1967) in The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play.[1]

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Taylor, J. R. (1967). The Rise and Fall of the Well-Made Play. Routledge. ISBN 9781317917205

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