Music for theatrical productions consisting of musical numbers integrated into a dramatic framework. For music for theatrical productions from around the end of the 18th century that feature a series of songs, dances, and other entertainments without any unifying dramatic element see Revues
Poems Texts : French Arthurian literature. Volume IV, Eleven Old French narrative lays / edited and translated by Glyn S. Burgess and Leslie C. Brook ; with the collaboration of Amanda Hopkins for Melion
Poetry meant to be performed that emphasizes sounds instead of the semantic meaning of the words themselves. For poetry that is meant to be performed and that is heavily stressed, metrically regular, and characterized by improvisation, free association, and word play, see Spoken word poetry