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Dystopian plays


  • Plays set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. For plays set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event, see [Apocalyptic drama.]

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    • Dystopian plays

  • Variants

    • Anti-utopian drama
    • Antiutopian drama
    • Cacotopian drama
    • Counter-utopian drama
    • Counterutopian drama
    • Dystopian drama
    • Dystopian science fiction drama
    • Dystopic drama
    • Negative utopian drama

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  • Sources

    • found: LCSH, Oct. 21, 2014(Dystopian plays. UF Anti-utopian drama; Anti-utopian plays; Cacotopian drama; Cacotopian plays; Dystopian drama; Dystopic drama; Dystopic plays; Negative utopian drama; Negative utopian plays. BT Drama)
    • found: Gottlieb, E. Dystopian fiction east and west, c2001, via Google books, viewed Mar. 15, 2012:p. 289 (Stanislaw Witkiewicz ; author of dystopian plays)
    • found: Klaić, D. The plot of the future: utopia and dystopia in modern drama, c1991.
    • found: Cheney, M. Dystopia on stage: Caryl Churchill's Far away, 2011, viewed online Mar. 15, 2012.

  • General Notes

    • Plays set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. For plays set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event, see [Apocalyptic drama.]

  • Example Notes

    • Note under [Apocalyptic drama]

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  • Change Notes

    • 2014-12-01: new
    • 2015-12-01: revised

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