title: Il turco in Italia
Mohammed ben Abdallah (playwright)
Giovanni Battista Ambrosiani
Harlem Duet
Alessandra Marianelli
La Turista
Falstaff (opera)
The Diver (play)
Journey's End
The Drag (play)
sentences: Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
 The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani.
 It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (with the same title) by the German composer in 1788.
Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1 January 1944) is a Ghanaian playwright, director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre who became head of School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana in 2003.
 His works portray postcolonial drama that integrates both indigenous and European themes relevant in contemporary African societies.
 Written in 1972, ben Abdullah's first book, "The Slaves", became the foremost non-American dramatic play to win the Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts.
 Ben Abdallah held cabinet positions during the Military government of the Provisional National Defence Council.
Giovanni Battista Ambrosiani (born 2 July 1772, Milan – 19 February 1832, Karlberg Palace) was an Italian ballet dancer.
 He arrived in Stockholm in 1795 and was taken on by the Royal Swedish Ballet as its premier danseur, then as its ballet master from 1823 to 1827.
 He was also dance master and gymnastics master at the Military Academy Karlberg until 1834.
 He notably created ballets for operas like "Il turco in Italia" by Rossini, "Preciosa" by Weber and "Fernand Cortez" by Spontini.
Harlem Duet is a 1997 dramatic play by Canadian playwright Djanet Sears.
 Billie, a young graduate student in Harlem, deals with her husband Othello leaving her for a white woman named Mona.
 The play moves through time to show Billie and Othello's relationship (or an analogue thereof) being torn apart by racial tensions in Harlem in 1860, 1928, and the present.
 Though the characters draw inspiration from Shakespeare's play "Othello", Billie and the story are original creations.
Alessandra Marianelli (born 1986) is an Italian soprano.
 She made her professional debut in 2002 as Barbarina in "Le nozze di Figaro" and went on to sing leading roles in the opera houses of her native country and internationally.
 Her recordings include Amour in "Orphée et Eurydice" for Decca Records and Fiorilla in "Il turco in Italia" for Naxos Records.
 She also appeared in Carlos Saura's 2009 film "Io, Don Giovanni".
La Turista is a play by the American playwright Sam Shepard, first performed in New York City in 1967.
 The title refers to the most common illness among tourists.
 The two main characters are Salem and Kent, which are also the names of brands of cigarettes.
 It is a two-act dramatic play.
 The first act takes place in Mexico, and the second in the United States.
 Some see this play as a reference to the Vietnam war.
Falstaff (] ) is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (18131901).
 The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and scenes from "Henry IV", parts "1" and "2".
 The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan.
The Diver is a dramatic play written in 2008 by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan.
 It premiered in London in 2008 at the Soho Theatre and the US premiere occurred in 2010 at The University of Michigan.
 The play combines a modern psychiatric case with traditional Japanese Noh theatre and includes elements of the world's first novel, "The Tale of Genji" and a Noh play, "Ama" (also the term for Japanese pearl divers).
Journey's End is a 1928 dramatic play, the seventh of English playwright R. C. Sherriff.
 It was first performed at the Apollo Theatre in London by the Incorporated Stage Society on 9 December 1928, starring a young Laurence Olivier, and soon moved to other West End theatres for a two-year run.
 It was included in Burns Mantle's "The Best Plays of 1928–1929".
 The piece quickly became internationally popular, with numerous productions and tours in English and other languages.
 A 1930 film version was followed by other adaptations, and the play influenced other playwrights, including Noël Coward.
The Drag is a dramatic play written by Mae West under her pen name Jane Mast.
 The play opened in out-of-town tryouts in New Jersey and Connecticut, but was later forced to close for its portrayal of homosexuality and cross-dressing.
 The play never opened on Broadway, as West had planned.
 This play was the follow-up to West's highly controversial play "Sex".

Question: Question: Falstaff and Il turco in Italia, is which type of dramatic play? 

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 Il turco in Italia (The Turk in Italy) is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini.
 The Italian-language libretto was written by Felice Romani.
 It was a re-working of a libretto by Caterino Mazzolà set as an opera (with the same title) by the German composer in 1788. 

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 Mohammed ben Abdallah (born 1 January 1944) is a Ghanaian playwright, director and founder of the Legon Road Theatre who became head of School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana in 2003.
 His works portray postcolonial drama that integrates both indigenous and European themes relevant in contemporary African societies.
 Written in 1972, ben Abdullah's first book, "The Slaves", became the foremost non-American dramatic play to win the Randolph Edmund's Award of the National Association for Speech and Dramatic Arts.
 Ben Abdallah held cabinet positions during the Military government of the Provisional National Defence Council. 

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 Harlem Duet is a 1997 dramatic play by Canadian playwright Djanet Sears.
 Billie, a young graduate student in Harlem, deals with her husband Othello leaving her for a white woman named Mona.
 The play moves through time to show Billie and Othello's relationship (or an analogue thereof) being torn apart by racial tensions in Harlem in 1860, 1928, and the present.
 Though the characters draw inspiration from Shakespeare's play "Othello", Billie and the story are original creations. 

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 Alessandra Marianelli (born 1986) is an Italian soprano.
 She made her professional debut in 2002 as Barbarina in "Le nozze di Figaro" and went on to sing leading roles in the opera houses of her native country and internationally.
 Her recordings include Amour in "Orphée et Eurydice" for Decca Records and Fiorilla in "Il turco in Italia" for Naxos Records.
 She also appeared in Carlos Saura's 2009 film "Io, Don Giovanni". 

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 La Turista is a play by the American playwright Sam Shepard, first performed in New York City in 1967.
 The title refers to the most common illness among tourists.
 The two main characters are Salem and Kent, which are also the names of brands of cigarettes.
 It is a two-act dramatic play.
 The first act takes place in Mexico, and the second in the United States.
 Some see this play as a reference to the Vietnam war. 

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 Falstaff (] ) is an opera in three acts by the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (18131901).
 The libretto was adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and scenes from "Henry IV", parts "1" and "2".
 The work premiered on 9 February 1893 at La Scala, Milan. 

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 The Diver is a dramatic play written in 2008 by Hideki Noda and Colin Teevan.
 It premiered in London in 2008 at the Soho Theatre and the US premiere occurred in 2010 at The University of Michigan.
 The play combines a modern psychiatric case with traditional Japanese Noh theatre and includes elements of the world's first novel, "The Tale of Genji" and a Noh play, "Ama" (also the term for Japanese pearl divers). 

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 The Drag is a dramatic play written by Mae West under her pen name Jane Mast.
 The play opened in out-of-town tryouts in New Jersey and Connecticut, but was later forced to close for its portrayal of homosexuality and cross-dressing.
 The play never opened on Broadway, as West had planned.
 This play was the follow-up to West's highly controversial play "Sex". 

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Answer: opera