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    character ‚ each based on prominent contemporary ‚ with Dryden himself as Neander debate the merits of classical French and English drama . And he is the one who establish the heroic couplet in poetry . " among the rest ‚ it was …. " introduce the character Eugeinus ( Morden Drama) ‚ Crites (ancient Drama) ‚ Lisideius (French Drama ) and Neander (English Drama ) . They famous people because they are poets like Dryden . He use borrowed names because he doesn’t want mention their name because

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    interest in theatre I created the interactive game "The Globe" theatre (complete the picture)"‚ which can be used at English lessons as an extra descriptive material. CONTENT INTRODUCTION 4 1. THE EMERGENCE OF THE THEATRE 6 1.1. The Rise of English Drama 6 1.2. Brief history of the Russian Theatre 9 2. BRITISH

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    What is NOH ?

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    What is NOH ? NOH or NOGAKU is derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent"—is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century. Many characters are masked‚ with men playing male and female roles. Traditionally‚ a Noh "performance day" lasts all day and consists of five Noh plays interspersed with shorter‚ humorous kyōgen pieces. However‚ present-day Noh performances often consist of two Noh plays with one Kyōgen play in between. While

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    Oedipus as a Tragedy by Aristotle’s Definition A tragedy by definition is “a drama which recounts an important and casually related series of events in the life of a person of significance‚ such events culminating in an unhappy catastrophe‚ the whole treated with great dignity and seriousness”. The Greek tragedies are plays based on myths which were well known and enjoyed by audiences. Most of the plays encompassed certain elements that Aristotle identified in his Poetics

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    condemned written verse‚ Aristotle breaks it down and analyses it so as to separate the good from the bad. He studies in great detail what components make a decent epic or tragedy. The main sections he comes up with are form‚ means and manner. For most drama and verse‚ Aristotle ’s rules are a fairly good measure of the quality of a piece of written work. In modern day however (modern meaning within the last century)‚ certain changes in the nature of dramatic writing have started opening a gap between

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    A DOLL’S HOUSE As Modern Tragedy BY Henrick Ibsen _ Henrick Ibsen Father of Modern Drama _This play was written in 1879 in Italy. _The original language is Norwegian. _The setting is around the 1870s. _The themes are the sacrificial role of women‚ the unreliability of appearances‚ and parental and family obligations. _The symbols are New Year’s and Aristotle: According to Aristotle‚ a tragedy always centers around a high-ranking person‚ such as a noble or king. During the course of the play

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    never without him. It is like how a newborn baby is attached towards its mother‚ in the same case Lennie is attached to George‚ as well as George being attached to Lennie. Extract 2 - How does Steinbeck’s use of language add drama and tension to this event? - Tension and drama is felt in this piece of extract when Steinbeck begins to use a range of melodramatic words. He begins to show us images being created into our minds of a film scene which we would expect in theatres. For example this can be

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    Have you ever wondered where the origins of theatre began? It is a well-known fact that the earliest forms of drama were developed in Ancient Greek by philosophers interested in using entertainment for social and philosophical commentary. It is essential that young people are exposed to the earliest form of scripted drama as it provides a foundation for understanding dramatic styles and conventions which are the basis for all the theatre which followed. ‘Cloudstreet’ has won countless awards‚ including

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    Comparison Throughout history‚ audiences have been entertained by tales of tragedy and catastrophe. Though each author and every story they write puts a unique spin on the genre‚ the characters employed are often not too dissimilar. Whether admiring drama from ancient Greece or reading the works of the Renaissance era‚ most of the characters have a parallel character in existing somewhere else literature. These parallels are rarely as clear as when Othello‚ from Shakespeare ’s play Othello‚ and Oedipus

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    Abrahms‚ dramatic monologue is a poetic form‚ "a lengthy speech by a single person"‚ addressing a silent listener‚ intended to convey his or her inner thoughts and emotions. It can be rewritten in jargonised terms as ’a cross or hybrid of the genres of drama and lyric’. A lyric poem is ‘any fairly short poem‚ consisting of the utterance by a single speaker‚ who expresses a state of mind or a process of perception‚ thought‚ and feeling’. Though‚ the invention of the form remains unknown‚ it was widely practiced

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