metadrama

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ drama.

Noun

metadrama (countable and uncountable, plural metadramas)

  1. The appearance of a play within another play as part of its plot.
    Shakespeare's "A Midsummer's Night Dream" is famous for its metadrama.
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