Melodramas

thumb|250px|Mélodrame, painted by Honoré Daumier between 1855 and 1860, depicting a typical Parisian scene on [[Boulevard du Temple]]

Duanju (), sometimes translated in English as microdrama, short drama, vertical drama, vertical minidrama, vertical series or mobile drama, is a type of short form web or television series that originated in China. It is also known as "microdrama" in English. These series typically feature 1–2 minute episodes, and a complete production may include 20 to 100 episodes, resulting in a total runtime similar to one or two movies. Produced specifically for smartphone viewing, many duanju are shot in vertical format and optimized for fragmented, bite-sized consumption on platforms such as Douyin (Tik

opera by Gaetano Donizetti

Melodrama in three scenes by Igor Stravinsky to a text by André Gide

1762 influential dramatic work by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

1920 play by George V. Hobart and John Willard

melodrama in one act

opera by Jan Dismas Zelenka