Template:Infobox Play.html

Contents 1 Usage 1.1 Blank template 1.2 Example 2 Microformat

Usage

See this template's talk page for more information about using this template in articles about Plays.

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 except "name".

Blank template

   
{{Infobox Play
| name       = 
| image      = 
| image_size = 
| caption    = 
| writer     = 
| chorus     = 
| characters = 
| mute       = 
| setting    = 
| premiere   = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| place      = 
| orig_lang  = 
| series     = 
| subject    = 
| genre      = 
| web        = 
| playbill   = 
| ibdb_id    = 
| iobdb_id   = 
}}

Instructions

{{Infobox Play    
| name       = Title of play
| image      = Oldest image available if possible (filename only, e.g. Example.jpg)
| image_size = defaults to 200px
| caption    = A caption for the image
| writer     = The names of the author or authors (separate with <br/>)
| chorus     = The name of the (Greek) chorus character
| characters = List of other characters (separate with <br/>)
| mute       = List of characters that do not speak (separate with <br/>)
| setting    = The places and time where the play takes place
| premiere   = The date it was first performed; (see below)
| place      = The theatre and/or city it was first performed in
| orig_lang  = The language it was originally written in
| series     = List related plays if it is part of a series (separate with <br/>)
| subject    = The overall subject matter dealt with by the play
| genre      = The play's genre
| web        = URL of the official website
| playbill   = Playbill event number from http://www.playbill.com/events/listing/1.html
| ibdb_id    = Internet Broadway Database ID from http://www.ibdb.com/
| iobdb_id   = Lortel Archives Internet Off-Broadway database "show id" from http://www.lortel.org
}}   

Note: for the date of the première, use {{startdate}} for compatibility with the hCalendar microformat, once implemented.

Example

Agamemnon
"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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{{Infobox Play 
|name       = Agamemnon
|image      = Murder of agamemnon.jpg
|caption    = "The Murder of Agamemnon"<br/>by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
|writer     = [[Aeschylus]]
|chorus     = Elders of [[Argos]]
|characters = Watchman<br/>[[Clytemnestra]]<br/>Herald<br/>[[Agamemnon]]
<br/>Messenger<br/>[[Cassandra]]<br/>[[Aegisthus]]<br/>Soldiers<br/>Servants
|setting    = Argos, before the royal palace 
}}