Template:Infobox Play

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[edit] Template documentation
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[edit] Usage

See this template's talk page for more information about using this template in articles about Plays.

To use the template, copy the following into an article and fill in the appropriate sections. There is no need to delete unwanted sections.

All fields are optional except "name".

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{{Infobox Play
|name       = 
|image      = 
|image_size = 
|caption    = 
|writer     = 
|chorus     = 
|characters = 
|mute       = 
|setting    = 
|premiere   = 
|place     = 
|orig_lang  = 
|series     = 
|subject    = 
|genre      = 
|web        = 
|playbill   = 
|ibdb_id    = 
}}
Instructions
{{Infobox Play    
|name       = Title of play
|image      = An image (filename only, e.g. Example.jpg)
|image_size = defaults to 200px
|caption    = A caption for the image
|writer     = The names of the author or authors (separate with <br/>)
|chorus     = The name of the (Greek) chorus character
|characters = List of other characters (separate with <br/>)
|mute       = List of characters that do not speak (separate with <br/>)
|setting    = The places and time where the play takes place
|premiere   = The date it was first performed
|place     = The theatre and/or city it was first performed in
|orig_lang  = The language it was originally written in
|series     = List related plays if it is part of a series (separate with <br/>)
|subject    = The overall subject matter dealt with by the play
|genre      = The play's genre
|web        = URL of the official website
|playbill   = Playbill event number from http://www.playbill.com/events/listing/1.html
|ibdb_id    = Internet Broadway Database ID from http://www.ibdb.com/
}}

[edit] Example

Agamemnon

"The Murder of Agamemnon"
by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
Written by Aeschylus
Chorus Elders of Argos
Characters Watchman
Clytemnestra
Herald
Agamemnon
Messenger
Cassandra
Aegisthus
Soldiers
Servants
Setting Argos, before the royal palace
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{{Infobox Play 
|name       = Agamemnon
|image      = Murder of agamemnon.jpg
|caption    = "The Murder of Agamemnon"<br/>by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
|writer     = [[Aeschylus]]
|chorus     = Elders of [[Argos]]
|characters = Watchman<br/>[[Clytemnestra]]<br/>Herald<br/>[[Agamemnon]]
<br/>Messenger<br/>[[Cassandra]]<br/>[[Aegisthus]]<br/>Soldiers<br/>Servants
|setting    = Argos, before the royal palace 
}}
Infobox Play
[[Image:{{{image}}}|200px]]
{{{caption}}}
Written by {{{writer}}}
Chorus {{{chorus}}}
Characters {{{characters}}}
Mute {{{mute}}}
Date of premiere {{{premiere}}}
Place of premiere {{{place}}}
Original language {{{orig_lang}}}
Series {{{series}}}
Subject {{{subject}}}
Genre {{{genre}}}
Setting {{{setting}}}
[{{{web}}} Official site]
Playbill listing
IBDB profile
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