| LC control no. | gf2014026303 |
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| Thesaurus/term list | lcgft |
| Genre/Form term | Dystopian plays |
| Variant(s) | Anti-utopian drama Antiutopian drama Cacotopian drama Counter-utopian drama Counterutopian drama Dystopian drama Dystopian science fiction drama Dystopic drama Negative utopian drama |
| See also | Science fiction plays |
| Scope note | Plays set in an uncertain future, in a society ruled by an ineffectual, corrupt, or oppressive regime or by aliens, robots, etc. For plays set in a world or civilization after a catastrophic event (e.g., nuclear war, an alien invasion), sometimes also including the period immediately preceding the event, see Apocalyptic drama. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Apocalyptic drama |
| Found in | LCSH, Oct. 21, 2014 (Dystopian plays. UF Anti-utopian drama; Anti-utopian plays; Cacotopian drama; Cacotopian plays; Dystopian drama; Dystopic drama; Dystopic plays; Negative utopian drama; Negative utopian plays. BT Drama) Gottlieb, E. Dystopian fiction east and west, c2001, via Google books, viewed Mar. 15, 2012: p. 289 (Stanislaw Witkiewicz ; author of dystopian plays) Klaić, D. The plot of the future: utopia and dystopia in modern drama, c1991. Cheney, M. Dystopia on stage: Caryl Churchill's Far away, 2011, viewed online Mar. 15, 2012. |
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