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The dramatist package has been developed in order to simplify the typesetting of plays or dramas with special macros for characters, scenes etc.

The package has been developed in order to simplify the typesetting of plays or dramas with special macros for characters, scenes etc.

See dramatist for more information.

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What is the recommended way to have two characters speak simultaneously?

Problem I have two characters, defined like so: \Character[ALICE]{ALICE}{alice} \Character[BOB]{BOB}{bob} They speak separately for the entirety of the play when I want them to speak together. I want it to look like this: Alice: Are you…
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Dramatist package putting speaker in different places when mixing prose and verse

I have document that contains both prose and verse. When using the dramatist package, the speaker is placed above verse and beside prose. I'd like them to both to the left of the text, similar to the first answer to Justification when using the…
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How are Dramatists' grouped characters supposed to work?

So I'm confused about the syntax of grouped characters (described in section 2.4.1 of the 2014-12-18 version of the user's guide). The guide says the following: Inside this environment the char- acters have to be defined by \GCharacter whose syntax…
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Changing Scene to Aria

I am using the dramatist package for a libretto. I want to replace the word of the \scene command with the word Aria. So, every time I place a \scene command I would get the word Aria with a number. Any help would be appreciated.
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Remove left indentation of poemscol

I would like to remove the left indentation (red arrow below) created by poemscol. In the MWE, I have added showframe option in package geometry to make the borders appear. You can see that there is an indent of around 4em that I am unable to…
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How can I adjust the width of the verse textblock with the dramatist package?

I am trying to typeset a MacBeth edition for my English classes with additional commentaries. My main question is understanding how to influence the width of the verses - they are often a bit longer and then a linebreak occurs, which makes it look a…
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Having multiple plays with dramatist

I am trying to use package dramatist inside documentclass book. My understanding of the documentation tells me that: The \act is defined as a chapter. The \scene is defined as a section. I would like to have: play as a chapter act as a…
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