# Historical Fiction books about drama

**3** historical fiction books that explore drama, drawn from the US-school assigned-reading canon. Sourced from Common Core exemplars, AP, IB, Cambridge, and 50 state ELA curricula.

**Genre:** Historical Fiction  ·  **Theme:** drama
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**Primary source — Common Core ELA exemplars:** https://www.nysed.gov/sites/default/files/programs/standards-instruction/appendix-b-text-exemplars-and-sample-performance-tasks.pdf

## Historical Fiction drama reading list

- [Antony and Cleopatra](https://readinglist.school/book/antony-and-cleopatra) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 9–10 · pub 1734)_
- [Death and the King's Horseman](https://readinglist.school/book/death-and-the-kings-horseman) by Wole Soyinka _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1975)_
- [Henry IV, Part 1](https://readinglist.school/book/henry-iv-part-1) by William Shakespeare _(Grades 11–12 · pub 1598)_

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