The phrase "a historical play" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a theatrical work that is based on historical events or figures.
Example: "Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' is a well-known historical play that explores the events surrounding the assassination of the Roman leader."
Alternatives: "a period drama" or "a historical drama".
For a historical play, it's really radical".
He and Roger Hill had long had an idea for a historical play about the abolitionist John Brown.
It is a historical play but also a prism to look at the problems facing today's Labour party, the Donmar said.
It is uncertain whether Part 1 was Shakespeare's first effort at a historical play, written before the other two parts, or a supplement that was written subsequently to provide an introduction to the events in Part 2 and Part 3.
Perhaps the division indicates Mr. Simmons's belief that, in 2013, there might be as much, or more, interest in observing a racially divided audience's reactions to a historical play than in the play itself.
It takes up the first few minutes of "Forward Into Light: The Story of the First Women Voters of 97 Orchard Street," a historical play in which the audience can also cheer the cause.
He has also written an historical play on intellectuals and power in collaboration with his brother, Alberto Lomnitz, that won Mexico's National Drama Award in 2010.
Or, for a historical play-by-play, Vatican Art Walks (www.vaticanartwalks.com) offers private walking tours starting at 65 euros an hour.
While there he started the custom of presenting two separate plays, a historical drama and a domestic drama, on the same program rather than one long play.
The play was a historical drama about a miners' strike - what else? - and Taylor thought: "The audience that saw a play of mine on Tuesday night would rise up en masse on Wednesday morning and set up the workers' state".
VAN HOVE For me, it's an existentialist play, not a historical drama.
