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Meanings of period drama in English
Russian
костюмированная драма Portuguese
cinema de época Spanish
película de época Catalan
drama històric Work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period.
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Examples for "docudrama"
Examples for "docudrama"
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This is less reality and more docudrama in its truest sense.
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In 1991 I made a docudrama, I Dreamt I Woke Up.
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Nor could the script ever be mistaken for a docudrama.
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Garner's widow, Esaw Snipes-Garner, and actual witnesses play themselves in the unscripted courtroom docudrama.
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The recent docudrama on Charlie Haughey illustrates this problem.
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An historical film, called "The Discovery of Germany," is being exhibited widely through the Fatherland under the auspices of the Government.
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I make my own historical films-well ,withmy friends.
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Mrs. Nishimura had a particularly traditional sensibility, with an oblique quality Sarah recognized from historical films.
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I went to a lecture by someone who talked about getting cross at the inaccuracies in historical films.
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Alongside the director's view, Michael Collins raised other questions relevant to historical films: how rigorous are they in sticking to fact?
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Are we seeing the decline of the costume drama on British television?
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They were shooting a costume drama of some sort, that was all.
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The show's as much a costume drama as a whodunnit.
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He regrets some of the scathing comments he felt goaded into making about costume drama.
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ABC is about to step into the costume drama lane with Shonda Rhimes' upcoming series, Still Star-Crossed.
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Whitaker stars as White House butler Cecil Gains in the historical drama.
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From this we see that a second historical drama was already under way.
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And vulgar, ignoble farce was turned into a great historical drama.
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Remnants remain from Hollywood's own golden age of historical drama.
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It reminds you of how magnificent historical drama can be in the right hands.
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For me it was a period piece: undeniably entertaining but far less precious.
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The most rebellious thing I could do right now is another period piece.'
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I haven't done a period piece, and I think it will be fun.
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But it's hardly a quaint period piece with frightening contemporary parallels.
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I'd love to do a period piece or play a fashionista.
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In June, Whaley House became the setting for an historical play.
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The Life and Death of King John, an historical play.
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The Life of King Henry V. an historical play.
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The Dutchess of Suffolk, an historical play 1631.
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Pericles Prince of Tyre, an historical play.
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Brecht dubbed Fear and Misery "a documentary play".
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Still engaged with the new technologies at 76, Marty will surely have enjoyed how the documentary played out.
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Horror author Paul Tremblay thinks it's likely that the documentary played a key role in rehabilitating Stanley's reputation.
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Four of the films will be screened in the 'Doc Corner', a dedicated venue honouring the essential role documentaries play in societies.
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[Footnote: Over two hundred chronicle plays, representing almost every important character in English history, appeared within a few years.
Usage of period drama in English
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I want to do theatre and I want to do period drama.
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You can't even call it a period drama; too little has changed.
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And also the glossy period drama on the BBC, first broadcast last week.
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An unusual police drama set in the 1970s, but that's still period drama.
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Somebody has made a period drama that doesn't care about period.
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BBC1's period drama Lark Rise to Candleford also saw its audience dip this week.
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Good to see that Hollywood can still stand and deliver a fine period drama.
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I never felt I'd fit in for a period drama at all, Scodelario said.
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Everything looks as cosy as a period drama, except this is a geography lesson.
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There's a lot more stuff to unearth in period drama.
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The subject matter strays widely from traditional programs: Middle East period drama or romantic soaps.
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The British period drama "An Education" was named best foreign film.
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Not that I'm complaining: the pleasure of watching period drama is pointing out its shortcomings.
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It's like period drama Jeopardy, allowing us to believe we are smarter than we are.
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It has become almost a truism of conventional criticism that this period drama is anachronistic.
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Upstairs Downstairs was ITV's first hugely successful period drama.
Translations for period drama
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