# THEaiTRE 1.0: Interactive generation of theatre play scripts

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.08892 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.08892/

## Key facts

- Cited by 3 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 7 of its 23 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 17 Feb 2021.

## Builds on (most cited first, 7 of 7)

- [Hierarchical Neural Story Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1805.04833/) (2018)
- [K-Adapter: Infusing Knowledge into Pre-Trained Models with Adapters](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2002.01808/) (2020)
- [Strategies for Structuring Story Generation](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1902.01109/) (2019)
- [Movie Plot Analysis via Turning Point Identification](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1908.10328/) (2019)
- [Plug-and-Play Conversational Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2010.04344/) (2020)
- [Screenplay Summarization Using Latent Narrative Structure](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2004.12727/) (2020)
- [THEaiTRE: Artificial Intelligence to Write a Theatre Play](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.14668/) (2020)

## Built on by (most cited first, 3 of 3)

- [Co-Writing Screenplays and Theatre Scripts with Language Models: An Evaluation by Industry Professionals](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2209.14958/) (2022)
- [Automatic Generation of German Drama Texts Using Fine Tuned GPT-2 Models](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.03119/) (2023)
- [NarrationDep: Narratives on Social Media For Automatic Depression Detection](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2407.17174/) (2024)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We present the first version of a system for interactive generation of theatre play scripts. The system is based on a vanilla GPT-2 model with several adjustments, targeting specific issues we encountered in practice. We also list other issues we encountered but plan to only solve in a future version of the system. The presented system was used to generate a theatre play script planned for premiere in February 2021.