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Legal drama

LC control no.sh 85137329
Topical headingLegal drama
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Variant(s)Court-related drama
Court-related plays
Courtroom drama
Courtroom plays
Law drama
Law plays
Law-related drama
Law-related plays
Lawyer drama
Lawyer plays
Legal plays
Trial drama
Trial plays
Found inLaw in literature : legal themes in drama, 1995: pref. ("the first criterion in the selection of these plays was that they all be law-related ... Susan Glaspell's Trifles and Lou Rivers' This piece of land were chosen for their legal themes ...")
wordIQ.com encyclopedia, via WWW, Aug. 16, 2004 (Legal drama. Legal drama or courtroom drama are stories, usually written in novel form but sometimes in dramatic form (for the stage or TV), about topics related to the legal profession; legal dramas)
Play index, 1978-1982 (entries under Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; Justice; Justice, Administration of; Lawyers; Law, see Justice) 1983-1987 (entries under Courts-martial and courts of inquiry; Justice; Lawyers)
Ireland, N.O. Index to full length plays, 1944 to 1964, 1965 (entries under Court martials; Court trials; Judges; Juries; Justice; Law and Lawyers; Parliamentary law)
Drury's guide to best plays, 1969: index of selected subjects (Courtroom)
GSAFD, 2000 (Legal drama. UF Courtroom drama)
OCLC, July 8, 2004 (ti: Gender conflict in legal drama; The lawyers : a drama in five acts; Hostile witness : a courtroom drama in two acts; Barrister-at-law : a play about the early life of Mahatma Gandhi; Double jeopardy : a critique of seven Yüan courtroom dramas)
LCGFT, viewed Jun. 24, 2024 Legal drama (Literature) (UFs Court-related drama; Courtroom drama; Law drama (Literature); Lawyer drama)
Wikidata, viewed Jun. 24, 2024 Legal drama (theatrical genre; also known as: courtroom drama, law-related drama, lawyer drama, legal play; references based only on UFs from the LCSH with topical subdivisions omitted)
Kabatchnik, A. Courtroom dramas on the stage. Volume 1, 2023 (summary: "trial dramas"; "trial plays")
Goldensohn, B. The law plays of David Mamet, in The Yale review, v. 102, no. 4 (Oct. 2014)
Hayden, G. A. The courtroom plays of the Yüan and early Ming Periods, in Harvard journal of Asiatic studies, vol. 34 (1974)
Gemmette, E. V. Law and literature : joining the class action, in Valparaiso University law review, v. 29, iss. 4 (1995): p. 667 ("law-related plays")
Schachner Chanen, J. The theater's 12 greatest courtroom dramas, Aug. 1, 2012, via ABA Journal website, viewed Jun. 24, 2024 ("court-related plays")
Garza, N. de la. Life and art collide as real lawyers star in Cone Man's Witness for the prosecution, July 25, 2023, via Houston Press website, viewed Jun. 24, 2024 ("lawyer plays")