Chamber play

{{Short description|Term for a play that can be performed with a small cast in a small space}}

A chamber play is a play of usually three acts which can be performed with a small cast and practically no sets or costumes in a small space. The form became popular in the early 20th century, with leading exponents being Max Reinhardt and August Strindberg.{{cite book |title=Modern Drama in Theory and Practice. Volume 3. Expressionism and Epic Theatre |last=Styan |first=J. L. |year=1981 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sBSKmRjbbU4C |page=[https://archive.org/details/moderndramainthe0003stya/page/31 31] |isbn=0-521-29628-5}} The first cinema adaptation was Kammerspielfilm in the 1920s, and the format was later adapted for cinema by Ingmar Bergman{{cite book |title=Between Stage and Screen. Ingmar Bergman Directs |last=Tornqvist |first=Egil |year=1995 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8w4kVkIBJsC |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=w8w4kVkIBJsC&pg=PA16&dq=%22chamber+play%22%22chamber+plays%22%22chamber+music%22 16] |isbn=90-5356-171-4}} and Carl Theodor Dreyer.{{cite news |title=Carl Dreyer's "Michael": Digitalization and the Rediscovery of a Classic |last=Larson |first=Stephen |year=2017 |publisher=Kosmorama |issue=270 |url=https://www.kosmorama.org/kosmorama/artikler/carl-dreyers-michael-digitalization-and-rediscovery-classic-kammerspiel-film.}}

The name is derived from the term chamber music.{{cite book |title=Strindberg's Ghost Sonata. From Text to Performance |last=Tornqvist |first=Egil |year=2000 |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jv_-vp5cF88C |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=jv_-vp5cF88C&pg=PA23&dq=%22chamber+play%22%22chamber+music%22 23] |isbn=90-5356-454-3}}