Historical and Costume Drama

Dramatic works set in the past that retell historical events and imagined lives of earlier times, including historical drama in film and television, also called period drama or costume drama, and Palace Fiction, the Chinese genre of court dramas about the rivalry of an emperor's consorts. A genre belongs here when its cited article or source describes it as a drama set in a past era. It excludes the stage history play, which sits with Tragedy and History Plays, and dramas set in the present day.