A play is a work of drama, usually consisting mostly of dialogue between characters, along with stage directions, and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading.

We approach a written play the same way we approach other genres of ebooks. We are reformatting the written version, not creating a dramatization of the play. There are other services that do this for people with print disabilities.

For the most part, we approach plays the same way we approach other books.

Plays sometimes have Character and/or Cast List.

These should be formatted as an unordered list. This goes for any other list types within a play.

To learn more see the Unordered List Section.

In a play dialogue is often presented with the Character's name before the dialogue.

Apply the Strong style to the Character name, and leave the dialogue in Normal style.

See Bold for more information

The stage directions are normally marked as normal text.

Q: I'm currently working on "Teenage Idol, Travelin' Man" and in the book they will quote scenes from a stage act, see attached image. I would like to check what the most accessible way to format these sections would be. Presently, I am thinking that the text should be formatted similar to a play with the names in strong style and want to confirm whether I can also apply the quote style without reducing accessibility?

A: You can format it as a quote and play.

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