ensemble drama
Multi-protagonist narrative piece
An ensemble drama is a film, television series, or play built around multiple characters of roughly equal importance rather than a single protagonist.
The narrative weaves between storylines, giving substantial screen time to each major character.
The form suits stories about interconnected communities—workplace dramas, family sagas, disaster films: The show works as an ensemble drama, with no clear lead among its six characters.
- castPerformers, throw, or splint
- charactersPersons in a narrative
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- interweavingCrossing strands alternately
- relationshipsLinks between individuals
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- Modern DramaHenrik Ibsen, modern theater, modern tragedy, A Doll's House, The Cherry Orchard
- charactersprotagonist, antagonist, hero, character, characters
- Black TheaterAugust Wilson, Dutchman, black experience, The Color Purple, Dreamgirls
- dramedydramedy, tragicomedy, seriocomedy, dark comedy, black comedy
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Production featuring prominent performer
one-man show · solo performance · character study · vanity project · one-woman show
ensemble dramaensemble comedy
Multi-protagonist humor piece
sitcom · farce · sketch comedy · variety show · slapstick
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