Drama is written for live visual performance; it is more intense and reflects everyday life tensions more than poetry. Drama is observed right in front of you; there is color‚ lights for the setting‚ clothing and the scenes change. Drama allows you to see the characters personality developed as the drama unfolds on stage. Drama has two forms tragedy and comedy. “Riders of the Sea” is a drama of tragedy. The plot of the drama is central and foreshadowing and flashbacks are techniques used to show
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Philippine Drama What is Drama? • Drama comes from Greek words meaning “to do” or “to act.“ • Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. • According to Oxford Dictionary‚ drama is a composition in prose or in verse; adapted to be acted and is represented with accompanying gesture‚ costume‚ and scenery‚ as in real life. • It is essentially social and involves contact‚ communication and the negotiation of meaning. • Drama needs an individual or a group of people who use themselves
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1. Types of Drama a. Comedy When we talk about comedy‚ we usually refer to plays that are light in tone‚ and that typically have happy endings. The intent of a comedic play is to make the audience laugh. In modern theater‚ there are many different styles of comedy‚ ranging from realistic stories‚ where the humor is derived from real-life situations‚ to outrageous slapstick humor. Is designed to be entertaining and humorous where misfortune ends in triumph or happiness. It presents characters
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Literature The nature of drama Drama utilizes plot and characters‚ develops a theme‚ arouses emotion or appeals to humor. It may be escapist or interpretive. Much drama is poetry. But drama has one characteristic‚ it is written primarily to be performed‚ not read. It presents its actions through actors‚ on a stage‚ and before an audience. Of the four major points of view open for a fiction writer‚ dramatists are limited to one- the objective‚ or dramatic. Dramatists cannot enter the
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History of Drama Ancient Drama The origins of Western drama can be traced to the celebratory music of 6th-century BC Attica‚ the Greek region centered on Athens. Although accounts of this period are inadequate‚ it appears that the poet Thespis developed a new musical form in which he impersonated a single character and engaged a chorus of singer-dancers in dialogue. As the first composer and soloist in this new form‚ which came to be known as tragedy‚ Thespis can be considered both the first dramatist
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The Vocabulary of Drama Subgenres of types Comedy Tragedy Tragicomedy Closet Cycle Miracle Morality Thematic Aspects Deus ex machine Dramatic irony Tragic flaw or hermartia Unities Speeches Monologue Dialogue Soliloquy Asides Chorus Physical/Technical Aspects Props Conventions Stage Directions Other Terms In medias res A term for Horace‚ literally meaning “in the midst of things.” It is applied to the literary technique of opening a story in the middle of the action and
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The China Incident As a contemporary Australian Drama‚ The China Incident‚ directed by Daniel Evans and performed at The Cremorne Theatre on the 13th of February‚ 2013‚ replicates modern day realities in a humorous demeanour. The play‚ driven by success‚ fear and family‚ explores modern day issues in which it is told that success is deemed to be important in society‚ and a person is either successful with their family or in their career. The China Incident successfully communicates these themes
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Q 1.Discuss the plot of Dr.Faustus The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus‚ commonly referred to simply as Doctor Faustus‚ is a play byChristopher Marlowe‚ based on the German story Faust‚ in which a man sells his soul to the devil for power and knowledge.Doctor Faustus‚ a well-respected German scholar‚ grows dissatisfied with the limits of traditional forms of knowledge—logic‚ medicine‚ law‚ and religion—and decides that he wants to learn to practice magic. He begins his new
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Elements of Drama * Characters: Characters are the people (sometimes animals or ideas) portrayed by the actors in the play. It is the characters who move the action‚ or plot‚ of the play forward. * Plot: This is what happens in the play. Plot refers to the action; the basic storyline of the play. * Theme: While plot refers to the action of the play‚ theme refers to the meaning of the play. Theme is the main idea or lesson to be learned from the play. In some cases‚ the theme of a play
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------------------------------------------------- DRAMA Origin of Greek tragedy and comedy Drama‚ in the western world‚ begins with ancient Greece‚ where the two major forms of drama ……….. tragedy and comedy ………..were an aspect of religious ritual. Greek tragedy is believed to have begun in the sixth century B.C. with Thespis who introduced the first actor on the stage. The first dramatic dialogue lies in the conversation of this actor with leader of the satiric chorus. The dramatic element
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