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Definition of closet play in English: closet play(also closet drama) noun A play to be read rather than acted. 书斋剧（只供阅读不供上演的剧本） Example sentencesExamples - Written in a language which was not yet spoken, they were essentially closet dramas.
- In Browning's closet drama Pippa Passes, a young girl from the silk mills of Asolo hopes to improve everyone she encounters on her annual holiday.
- She composed several verse translations and is recognized as author of the closet drama The Tragedie of Mariam, ascribed to ‘E.C. ’, the first known play in English by a woman.
- Cotter's blank verse four-act play Caleb, the Degenerate is essentially closet drama, mainly of historical interest, as is the case with his other plays.
- After the ambitious Radio Days, Allen decided to attempt a closet drama in a style reminiscent of Ibsen.
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