"Period piece" is a phrase that is used to describe creative works.
In the performing arts, a period piece is a work set in a particular era. This informal term covers all countries, all periods and all genres. It may be as long and general as the medieval era or as limited as one decade—the Roaring Twenties, for example.
Period piece can also describe a work that was famous in a past era but less so today: for example, one might describe a produ...
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TV programs of this genre:
- Grey Gardens ,
- Blackadder II ,
- Freaks and Geeks ,
- Prince Edmund ,
- Swingtown ,
- The Black Adder ,
- Blackadder the Third ,
- The Lonely Hunter ,
- Mad Men ,
- The Golden Bowl
Titles:
- Cause Celebre ,
- The Proposition ,
- The Black Candle ,
- Pandaemonium ,
- Party Monster ,
- Pretty Baby ,
- Saints and Soldiers ,
- Nearing Grace ,
- The White Countess ,
- The Razor's Edge
Films of this genre:
- The First Great Train Robbery ,
- The Grissom Gang ,
- Emily ,
- Moll Flanders ,
- 1871 ,
- Glorious 39 ,
- I, Don Giovanni ,
- The First Gentleman ,
- Empress Wu Tse-Tien ,
- 1941