closet drama; lesedrama
A rare literary term for a play intended to be read rather than performed. The cross-reference レーゼドラマ is the more common loanword for this concept.
See also: レーゼドラマ
Goethe's 'Faust' is sometimes read as a closet drama.
Compound of 書斎 (study, den) and 劇 (drama), likely a calque of the German 'Lesedrama' or English 'closet drama'.