KINDS OF DRAMA
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The word ‘drama’ comes from a Greek word which means “to do” or “to act.” The word drama simply means action. Drama is mimetic action, action in imitation or representation of human behavior. drama can also be defined as a story enacted onsta!e for a live audience. There are several kinds of drama as follows" 1. Chr Chronic onicle le play playss
This kind of drama dealt directly with historical scenes and characters. 2. Comedy
#omedy is li!hter drama in which the leadin! characters overcome the difficulties which temporarily beset them. There are several kinds of comedy" a. $urles%ues
" lampoonin! other works of art, includin! theatre pieces.
b. #omedy of manners " comedy which wittily portrays fashionable life. c. #omedy #omedy of situatio situation n " charact character er and ideas ideas are mino minorr hidden hidden iden identiti tities, es, disco discover veries ies,, reversals, etc. similar to farce, but less unrealistic. d. #omedy #omedy of charact character er " eccen eccentri triciti cities es of of the the prota prota!on !onist ist &'oli( &'oli(re) re) e. Domestic co comedy
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" ri ridicule of of public in institutions an and fi!ures. The satyrs we were mythical halfhuman, half!oat fi!ures and actors in these plays wore lar!e phalluses for comic effect. *ew e+amples of these plays survive. They are classified by some authors as tra!icomic, or comedy dramas.
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3. Dome Domest stic ic !"r#e !"r#eoi oiss Drama Drama
Deals with 0ordinary0 people, from everyday life. $. Fantasy
play sometimes, but not always, in comic spirit in which the author !ives free rei!n to his fantasy fantas y, allowin! thin!s to happen without re!ard to reality.
. /eroic Drama
retains parts of tra!edy heroic or noble characters verse &heroic verse) is where the kind of drama !ot its name. 1eroic verse consists of 0couplets0 " 2.
two rhymin! lines of iambic pentameter
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other elevated lan!ua!e
e+treme situations but differs from tra!edy because" 2. usually has a happy endin! 3. !enerally optimistic view, even if endin! is sad 0. Mas"es
'as%ues were sli!ht plays involvin! much sin!in! and dancin! and costumin!. They were usually alle!orical. . Medieal mystery plays
This kind of drama dealt with $ible stories and alle!orical mysteries. +. Melodrama
4ike farce, melodrama pays almost no attention to human values, but its ob5ect is to !ive a thrill instead of a lau!h. 4. 'ro5lem 'lay
Drama of social criticism discusses social, economic, or political problems by means of a play. 1*. )ra#edy
Tra!edy is an imitation of an important and complete action, which has a specific len!th, written in an embellished lan!ua!e, with its separate parts set in order and not randomly, in active and not narrative form, tendin! throu!h pity and fear to the catharsis of passions. 11. )ra#i6Comedy
Tras!i#omedy ends happily, but raises comple+ issues of love, friendship, cowardice,
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