'Dames en Here, tonight we are witnessing the great biblical drama of David and Goliath.'

The piece eludes classification: biblical drama, a musical theater epic or, in Weill's words, a "popular oratorio."

The first theatrical production, David, a biblical drama by Constance Lindsay Skinner, inaugurated the Forest Theater on July 9, 1910.

She also wrote two biblical dramas, Maria Magdalena (1870) and David (1873).

Sight and Sound's new Millennium Theater will open Sept. 1 in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country with a new production of the biblical drama "Noah."

As well as continuing the German school drama tradition, he continued the tradition of Protestant biblical drama, with works such as Jephtha (1679) and Abraham (1680).

Despite the show's claims to the contrary, Brown's portraits and biblical dramas aren't up to much either: his figures are just too awkward in facial gesture, one toothy contortion after another.

Only the 1961 musical "West Side Story," with 10 Oscars, and the 1959 biblical drama "Ben-Hur," with 11, have won more.

The Flood: A musical play (1962) is a short biblical drama by Igor Stravinsky on the allegory of Noah, originally written as a work for television.

The term Christ had a different significance to the participants in the biblical drama than they do nowadays.