| antimasque | burlesque |
| closet play | comedy |
| comedy of manners | commedia dell’arte |
| docudrama | dumbshow |
| duologue | fabula |
| farce | Grand Guignol |
| Greek drama | harlequinade |
| improvisation | kabuki |
| kitchen-sink drama | kyogen |
| masque | melodrama |
| mime | miracle play |
| monodrama | morality play |
| mummers’ play | music drama |
| mystery play | nativity play |
| Noh | pantomime |
| passion play | psychodrama |
| school drama | sociodrama |
| teleplay | tragedy |
| tragicomedy | two-hander |
| verse drama |