Template:Infobox play/doc

Usage

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.

Blank template

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Parameters

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Title of play
Alternative text for the image A caption for the image
Original title	Original title
Written by	The names of the author or authors (enclose lists with )
Based on	The title of the source material and the name(s) of the source material writer(s), if the play is based on previously produced or published material
Chorus	The name of the (Greek) chorus character
Characters	List of other characters (enclose lists with )
Mute	List of characters that do not speak (enclose lists with )
Date premiered	The date it was first performed; (see below)
Place premiered	The theatre and/or city it was first performed in
Original language	The language it was originally written in
Series	List related plays if it is a part of a series (enclose lists with )
Subject	The overall subject matter dealt with by the play
Genre	The play's genre
Setting	The places and time where the play takes place
[URL of the official website Official site]

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Note: For the date of the première, use {{startdate}} for compatibility with the hCalendar microformat. For properties with multiple values, encloses lists with {{plainlist}}

Chronology

If the play is one in a series by the same author, you may use |last_play= and |next_play= to link to the previous and next play in the series. By default, the heading for this section is set to the writer's name. To override this choice, use |chronology=.

Example

Agamemnon
File:Gérin Clytemnestre hésitant avant de frapper Agamemnon endormi Louvre 5185.jpg 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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Agamemnon
File:Murder of agamemnon.jpg "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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Controlling line-breaking in embedded bulletless lists

Template {{nbsp}} may be used with {{wbr}} and {{nowrap}} to control line-breaking in bulletless lists embedded in the infobox (e.g. characters, writers, and other content marked up with {{plainlist}}), to prevent wrapped long entries from being confused with multiple entries. See Template:Wbr/doc#Controlling line-breaking in infoboxes for details.

Microformat

The HTML mark-up produced by this template includes an hCalendar microformat that makes event details readily parsable by computer programs. This aids tasks such as the cataloguing of articles and maintenance of databases. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please visit the Microformat WikiProject.

Classes used

The HTML classes of this microformat include:

• attendee
• contact
• description
• dtend
• dtstart
• location
• organiser
• summary
• url
• vevent

Please do not rename or remove these classes
nor collapse nested elements which use them.

Tracking category

• Category:Pages using infobox play with external database links (0)

See also

• {{Infobox film}}
• {{Infobox theatre}}
• {{IBDB title}}
• {{IBDB show}}
• {{iobdb title}}
• {{iobdb show}}
• {{theatricalia}}