What is the literary name for a "play within a play"?

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What is the literary name for a "play within a play"?

Hamlet and Taming of the Shrew both employ the concept of a play within the larger frame work of the play. There is a name for that literary device. Does someone happen to know what it is?

2006-06-11 22:54:22 · 2 answers · asked by Miranda 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting

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I think "play within a play" IS the name of the literary device.

Are you thinking of mise en abyme?

2006-06-12 06:50:13 · answer #1 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋

I'm not sure, but I know that a story within a story is called a Frame story. Maybe they're related?

2006-06-13 00:40:30 · answer #2 · answered by Arianne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋