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1	With the rise of {{Radio}} came a new style of fiction: the Audio Play. Although Radio Drama mostly died with the rise of Television, the Audio Play did not; it continued unabated on records and later on [=CDs=], and most recently, on {{Podcast}}.
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3	The thing that distinguishes an Audio Play from a DramaticReading or stand-up comedy is that the listener is generally supposed to think that they are listening to actual events. There may be a narrator, but individual characters usually have their own distinct voices, and foley work (audio special effects) provides a sense of actually being there.
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5	Some artists like Creator/StanFreberg successfully transitioned from radio to other Audio Play formats, like the record album. Others, like Creator/CheechAndChong and Creator/TheFiresignTheatre actually started out creating Audio Plays on vinyl, after the death of radio. In Britain, Creator/BigFinish makes a popular line of Audio Play derivatives of other works, [[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho like]] ''Series/DoctorWho''. In Japan, the Drama CD, a form of Audio Play, is still popular today.
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7	'''Note:''' Examples that fit under {{Radio}} or {{Podcast}} should appear there instead. This is an index of Audio Plays that don't fit under either subcategory. (Although not all radio shows or podcasts are actually Audio Plays, so this is not a proper supertrope.) Adaptations should only appear here if the adaptation has its own page.
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9	!! Audio plays with pages on this wiki:
10	* ''AudioPlay/ThirtySixQuestions -- The Podcast Musical''
11	* ''Recap/AdamSandler'' -- Sandler's four out of five albums consist of pure genius comedy, more so than some of his movies.
12	* ''AudioPlay/AlienAbductionRolePlay''
13	* ''AudioPlay/AreYouAlice''
14	* ''AudioPlay/AttackOnHeroesResurgence''
15	* ''AudioPlay/BanalFantasy''
16	* ''AudioPlay/BatmanBreakdown''
17	* ''Podcast/BatmanTheAudioAdventures''
18	* Creator/BBVProductions' ''Audio Adventures in Time and Space''
19	* ''AudioPlay/BelowBoard''
20	* ''AudioPlay/BertAndI''
21	* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho''
22	** ''Literature/BerniceSummerfield''
23	** ''AudioPlay/CounterMeasures''
24	** ''AudioPlay/DalekEmpire''
25	** ''AudioPlay/TheDiaryOfRiverSong''
26	** ''AudioPlay/JagoAndLitefoot''
27	** ''AudioPlay/SarahJaneSmith''
28	* ''AudioPlay/Biohazard2TheLittleRunawaySherry''
29	* ''AudioPlay/BlakesSeven''
30	* ''WebVideo/ChillingTalesForDarkNights''
31	* ''AudioPlay/ChooseMe''
32	* ''Recap/ChrisRock'' -- Rock's three out of five albums have great comedy, which are equally as excellent as his stand-up.
33	* ''Podcast/TheChroniclesOfOz''
34	* ''AudioPlay/DiabolikLovers'' -- Started out as a series of Drama [=CDs=] (and continues to do so) before being made into Visual Novels.
35	* ''AudioPlay/TheConfessionsOfDorianGray''
36	* ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoAudioVisuals''
37	* ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAdventures''
38	* ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesAndAssistant''
39	* ''AudioPlay/DoctorWhoovesEquestrianTravels''
40	* ''AudioPlay/TheDollsOfNewAlbion''
41	* ''AudioPlay/LeDonjonDeNaheulbeuk''
42	* ''AudioPlay/TheElysiumProject''
43	* ''Literature/EpithetErasedPrisonOfPlastic'' -- While an {{audio adaptation}}, the audioplay, which has the voice cast of the web series reprise their roles, released before the [=eBook=] and paperback versions
44	* ''AudioPlay/EvangelionAfterTheEnd''
45	* ''AudioPlay/ExitTunesPresentsACTORS'' -- Primarily a Music/{{Vocaloid}} cover franchise, but each album release also includes drama track/s; the franchise has also released a couple of full-fledged drama [=CDs=].
46	* ''AudioPlay/TheFreeDoctorsForTheNHS''
47	* ''AudioPlay/TheFurtherAdventuresOfNickDanger''
48	* ''AudioPlay/{{Gallifrey}}''
49	* ''AudioPlay/GhostRiderTheAudioDrama''
50	* ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'' isn't one, but the "Sadie's Story" subplot contained in the audio logs is.
51	* ''AudioPlay/HaloInfiniteMemoryAgent''
52	* ''Podcast/HauntTheJohnsons''
53	* ''AudioPlay/TheHeroicTaleOfHeroicallyHeroicHeroes''
54	* ''AudioPlay/HorribleHistories''
55	* ''Music/HypnosisMic''
56	* ''AudioPlay/ImpactWinter''
57	* ''AudioPlay/IndependenceDayUK''
58	* ''AudioPlay/IStartedOutAsAChild''
59	* ''AudioPlay/IThinkWereAllBozosOnThisBus''
60	* ''Radio/JackFlanders''
61	* ''AudioPlay/KingdomPaf''
62	* ''AudioPlay/KPNYRadio''
63	* ''AudioPlay/LosCochinos''
64	* ''AudioPlay/TheMageAndTheKnight''
65	* ''Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries''
66	* ''AudioPlay/MissHelensWeirdWestCabaret''
67	* ''Franchise/MontyPython''
68	** ''AudioPlay/AnotherMontyPythonRecord''
69	** ''AudioPlay/TheMontyPythonMatchingTieAndHandkerchief''
70	** ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonLiveAtDruryLane''
71	** ''AudioPlay/MontyPythonsContractualObligationAlbum''
72	* ''AudioPlay/TheMorgueFiles''
73	* ''AudioPlay/TheNewAlbionGuideToAnalogueConsciousness''
74	* ''AudioPlay/TheNewAlbionRadioHour''
75	* ''AudioPlay/TheNewCenturyMultiverse''
76	** ''AudioPlay/TheCartographersHandbook''
77	** ''AudioPlay/SecretRooms''
78	** ''AudioPlay/TigersEye''
79	** ''AudioPlay/ThePrincessThieves''
80	** ''AudioPlay/TheChristmasThieves''
81	** ''AudioPlay/LetThemGo''
82	** ''AudioPlay/SteamHeart''
83	* ''AudioPlay/{{Omaha}}''
84	* ''AudioPlay/OmeHenk''
85	* ''AudioPlay/OrganizationLIX''
86	* ''AudioPlay/OurHoneymoon''
87	* ''Music/ParadoxLive''
88	* ''AudioPlay/PassageToMoauv''
89	* ''AudioPlay/ThePizzaCatsPantomime''
90	* ''AudioPlay/PlayingGods''
91	* ''AudioPlay/RefletsDAcide''
92	* ''AudioPlay/RevelationF''
93	* ''AudioPlay/ReverseTransmission''
94	* ''AudioPlay/{{Ruffled}}''
95	* ''AudioPlay/RushHour''
96	* ''AudioPlay/SaintBeast''
97	* ''AudioPlay/SamuraiSenshi''
98	* ''AudioPlay/TheSandman2020''
99	* ''AudioPlay/SlayersABuffyverseStory''
100	* ''AudioPlay/ASlendermanMusical''
101	* ''AudioPlay/TheSojourn''
102	* ''AudioPlay/SonicAndTailsR''
103	* ''AudioPlay/SonicAndTheDeathCheese''
104	* ''AudioPlay/SonicDestruction''
105	* ''AudioPlay/StanFrebergPresentsTheUnitedStatesOfAmerica''
106	* ''AudioPlay/{{Starboard}}''
107	* ''AudioPlay/StarTrekExcelsior''
108	* ''AudioPlay/StarWarsDoctorAphra''
109	* ''AudioPlay/StarWarsDookuJediLost''
110	* ''AudioPlay/StarWarsTempestRunner''
111	* ''AudioPlay/StarWarsTheBattleOfJedha''
112	* ''AudioPlay/StrayAmi''
113	* ''AudioPlay/StrikersSoundStageX''
114	* ''WebOriginal/SuperhumanSharehouseStoryCharisma''
115	* ''Franchise/SuperStylishDoctorsStory''
116	* ''AudioPlay/TalesOfAJunkTownPonyPeddler''
117	* ''Podcast/ThisDuckburgLife''
118	* ''AudioPlay/TouchToneTerrorists''
119	* ''AudioPlay/TrampyMovies''
120	* ''AudioPlay/TransmissionFolklore''
121	* ''Music/{{Tsukipro}}''
122	** ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}''
123	* ''AudioPlay/TheTwelfthDoctorFanAudios''
124	* ''AudioPlay/UncivilOutlaw''
125	* ''AudioPlay/TheUnfinishedSpellingErrorsOfBolkien''
126	* ''AudioPlay/TheUnusedAndMajinShow''
127	* ''AudioPlay/AVoiceFromTheDark''
128	* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
129	** ''AudioPlay/TheWatcherInTheRain''
130	* ''AudioPlay/{{Wasurenagusa}}''
131	* ''AudioPlay/WereAlive''
132	* ''AudioPlay/WizardPeopleDearReader''
133	* ''AudioPlay/YandereApartment''
134	* ''AudioPlay/YandereHeaven''
135	* ''AudioPlay/YandereNoOnnaNoKo''
136	* ''AudioPlay/YetAnotherPartridgeInAPearTree''
137	* ''AudioPlay/TheZetaFamily''

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