Meaning of well-made play | Babel Free
Definitions
A play belonging to a 19th-century neoclassical theatrical genre involving a tight plot and a climax close to the end. The story depends upon a key piece of information kept from some characters, and moves forward in a chain of actions that use minor reversals of fortune to create suspense.
Examples
“Ultimately Ibsen denies the basic philosophy of the well-made play⟳, that there is meaning and progress⟳ in time, and that all human beings are rational creatures, subject to the reassuring process⟳ of cause and effect.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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