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Television plays


  • Scripts of fiction television programs.
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    • Television plays
  • Variants

    • Screen plays, Television
    • Screenplays, Television
    • Teleplays
    • Television drama (Screenplays)
    • Television screen plays
    • Television screenplays
    • TV drama (Screenplays)
    • TV plays
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  • Sources

    • found: GSAFD, 2000(Television plays. UF Television drama. RT Television scripts)
    • found: Singleton, R.S. Filmmaker's dictionary, c2000(teleplay 1. Script for a television movie or series episode. 2. The TV production itself; a television play.)
    • found: Wikipedia, Oct. 27, 2012(A screenplay or script is a written work by screenwriters for a film or television program. These screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated. A play for television is also known as a teleplay. The major components are action and dialogue. The "action" is written in the present tense. The "dialogue" is the lines the characters speak. Unique to the screenplay (as opposed to a stage play) is the use of slug lines.)
    • found: Quinn, E. A dictionary of literary and thematic terms, c1999(entry under television drama; TV plays; TV dramas; television plays)
    • found: Armer, A.A. Vest pocket theatre : twenty tested television playlets, 1955.
    • found: Whitcomb, C. The writer's guide to writing your screenplay : how to write great screenplays for movies and television, c2002.
    • found: Top shelf 2 : five outstanding television screenplays, 2001.
  • General Notes

    • Scripts of fiction television programs.
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    • 2014-12-01: new
    • 2015-12-21: revised
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