The Karidian Company of Players performing "Macbeth"
A play, or drama, was a dramatic work of literature performed by actors live on a stage as opposed to merely being read. One who wrote this variety of literature was called a playwright.
From 2257 until 2266, the Karidian Company of Players performed plays on Earth, on several colonies, and aboard various starships. (TOS: "The Conscience of the King")
Beverly Crusher wrote at least two plays in her lifetime, Frame of Mind and Something for Breakfast. (TNG: "A Fistful of Datas", "Frame of Mind")
Among the events occurring on the day in 2367 that Data documented for Bruce Maddox in a personal log was a secondary school play. (TNG: "Data's Day")
Beckett Mariner disliked plays, remarking in 2382 that time seemed to slow down whever she had to watch one. (LD: "Fully Dilated")
Types of plays[]
List of plays[]
- Human
- & Juliet
- All's Well That Ends Well
- As You Like It
- Cyrano de Bergerac
- Frame of Mind
- Hamlet
- Henry IV, Part I & Part II
- Henry V
- Henry VI, Part I, Part II & Part III
- Henry VIII
- HMS Pinafore
- Jama-Sumpen
- Julius Caesar
- King John
- King Lear
- Love's Labour's Lost
- Macbeth
- Measure for Measure
- The Merchant of Venice
- A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Much Ado About Nothing
- Oedipus Rex
- Othello
- The Pirates of Penzance
- Richard II
- Richard III
- Romeo and Juliet
- Singin' in the Rain
- Something for Breakfast
- The Tempest
- Timon of Athens
- Twelfth Night, or What You Will
- Kelis' species
Appearances[]
- TOS:
- "The Conscience of the King" (live play)
- TNG:
- "The Defector" (holodeck play)
- "Devil's Due" (holodeck play)
- "The Nth Degree" (live play)
- "Time's Arrow, Part II" (live play rehearsal)
- "Frame of Mind" (live play)
- "Emergence" (holodeck play)
- VOY:
- "Muse" (live play)