ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAMA The dramatic activity in England took its rise‚ as did the drama of the Greeks‚ from religion; it was in origin distinctly a creation of the church. The church was everything for the Middle Ages:- rest for the weary‚ solace for the afflicted‚ bread for the hungry and succour for the helpless.The church was indeed the schoolz the meeting .place‚ the centre of art and above all of amusement and entertainment. It was ready and eager to provide for the people delight
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response and/or plot development. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.pag.)‚ drama can be defined as‚ “a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance.” In the two plays that I have selected‚ drama is definitely a depiction of life. The Ritual by Zeno Obi Constance and Your Handsome Captain by Simone Schwarz-Bart
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Scene 1st Drawing room dad and the minister of the education relaxing on the sofa‚ his son watching movie 3 idiots and very much inspired by that‚ after watching cinema he went to his dad and asking…. Sucking his thumb he moved towards his dad on knees….. Son: dad I want to do engineering Dad; why Son: because I want to be like ranchod das chachan. Dad; what? Son: please dad Dad; what is in doing engineering‚ there is no career in engineering‚ you have to work hard and nothing to earn
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I was the oldest of seven little boys and girls‚ who couldn’t understand what was going on. We were sitting in the hospital waiting room‚ some of us screaming and playing‚ others just silently crying and me‚ I was sitting next to my father‚ taking his hand into mine. The minutes seamed like hours‚ everything was so slow. Time passed and my brothers and sisters began to fall asleep all over the room‚ but my dad didn’t care‚ he just stood in the chair‚ with his hands covering his eyes. He wouldn’t
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entertainment for our lovely audience. Furthermore‚ Little Sister would really benefit with an amazing contestant such as me in it‚ as i would start fights‚ gossip and drive people mad‚ leading to major havoc. I would love to be in Little Sister as the prize money means alot for me. I need to buy a flat or house for myself and my sister. The place we are living in now is a total wreck and need to move as soon as we can. Little Sister is our best chance for this. Our jobs as beauticians do not pay enough
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many people will think first of the Noh drama. The Noh drama has been performed for over 1000 years‚ is one of the world’s oldest continually performed types of theater and is the oldest of Japan’s traditional performing arts [1]. Even after such a long time the spirit of the Noh drama has never been extinguished‚ it is still around us in our modern lives. In this research paper I will talk about the Noh drama masks‚ as the masks are the soul of the Noh drama. Without the masks‚ most people wouldn’t
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The Origins of Drama: an Introduction The word drama comes from the Greek meaning “to act‚ do or perform”‚ and it is in the several subtle and diverse meanings of “to perform” that drama can be said to have begun. All communities accept that their later drama has roots in pre-history. Anthropologists have shown that primitive societies used (and in certain cases still use) role-playing in teaching the codes and behaviour required to live and survive in that society; for example‚ to teach
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essence of this paper is to list and discuss characteristics of modern period drama. These characteristics are realism‚ naturalism and interaction between characters and the readers. They will be discussed along with Henrik Ibsen’s ‘Ghosts’ and Arthur Miller’s ‘Death of a Sales man’. Realism and naturalism are considered to be the cornerstones of modern drama as we know it today. They are the major influencers of the modern drama. Henrik Ibsen is considered to be the founding father of these two movements
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DRAMA For many decades‚ drama has been in our world. It gives us feelings‚ emotions‚ morality and sometimes quotes. What is drama exactly? Is it a play? An action? Or just an entertainment? Hamilton Carole in his article “the study of drama” defined Drama to be a representational art‚ a visible and audible narrative presenting virtual‚ fictional characters within a virtual‚ fictional universe. Also he stated “Dramatic realizations may pretend to approximate reality or else stubbornly defy‚ distort
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Are you a personal fan of TV crime dramas or are you just disturbed by them? The past couple of months and/or in the past year tv crime drama have been becoming more popular. Whether people enjoy them or there’s been a case of boredom and there’s nothing to watch. Either way the viewers of tv crime drama have increased from the last couple of years. A crime drama is a type drama show‚ which has its primary focus or heroes‚ people whose main job or occupation is to investigate‚ punish or commit crimes-
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