DRAMA Drama is a literary composition involving conflicts, actions & atmosphere designed to be acted by players on a stage before the audience. Species of Drama Followings are the species of drama: 1.Tragedy It involves the ruin of the leading character. To the Greek,it meant destruction of some noble person through fate,while to the Elizabethans,it meant the destruction of some noble person through the flaw in his character.e.g; Sophocless Oedipus Rex 2.Comedy A lighter drama in which the leading character overcomes the difficulties by temporarily beset throuh humour with happy ending.e.g; Dantes Divine Comedy 3.Problem Play Drama of social criticism which discuss social,economic &political problems by means of characters to reveal social injustic.e.g; Bernard Shaws Widowers House 4.Farce When comedy involves ridiculous or hilarious complications without regard for human values,it becomes farce.e.g; William Shakespeares Comedy of Error 5.Comedy of Manners A play which wittily portrays fashionable,witty & sophisticated members of the aristocracy society.e.g; Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest 6.Fantasy A play sometimes but not always in comic spirit in which things to happen without regard to reality.e.g; Arthur Rackhams A Midsummer Nights Dream 7.Melodrama It plays no attention to human values but its object is to give a thrill instead of a laugh,often good entertainment,never literary value.e.g; Bernard Shaws The Devils Disciple 8.Tragi-Comedy A play in which action is serious in theme & subject-matter,tone also sometimes serious but it seems to a tragic catastrophe,events bring happy ending.e.g; William Shakespeares The Winters Tale Drama of Historical Interest 1.Mystery A religious play of biblical history & stories of the Old & New Testament. 2.Chronicle Dealt with historical events or characters. 3.Mosque Slight play involving much singing & dancing,costuming usually allegorical. 4.Morality Embody allegorical figure of abstract virtues & vices,encourage good behaviour in men
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