well-made play
词源链
- 英语English
well-made play
词源说明
Calque of French pièce bien faite, developed by the French dramatist Eugène Scribe (1791–1861).
释义
名词noun
- 1A 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.