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historical drama

drama fiction work of art set in, or reminiscent of, an earlier time period
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historical drama

Summary

historical drama is a fiction genre[1]. It draws 4,207 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #10 of 59).[2]

Key Facts

  • historical drama's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[3].
  • historical drama is a type of historical fiction[4].
  • historical drama is a type of drama fiction[5].
  • historical drama's said to be the same as is recorded as period drama film[6].
  • historical drama's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Historical dramas[7].
  • historical drama's different from is recorded as historical play[8].

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Definition and Type

historical drama's instance of is recorded as fiction genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include historical fiction[4] and drama fiction[5].

Why It Matters

historical drama draws 4,207 Wikipedia views per month (fiction_genre category, ranking #10 of 59).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Historical dramas
    Subclass of → historical fiction, drama fiction
    Instance of → —
    Instance of → fiction genre
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007560438205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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