4.1 History of English Drama
Drama:
1) Drama is a composition in verse or prose to be acted on the stage, in which a story is related by means of dialogue and action and is represented with, accompanying gesture, costume and scenery as in real life.
- Shorter Oxford Dictionary
2) Drama is a composition designed for performance in the theatre in which actors take the roles of the characters, perform the indicated action and utter the written dialogue
- Glossary of Literary Terms- M.H.Abrams
The Elements of Drama are-
1. Plot
2. Characterization
3. Dialogue
4. Settings
5. Stage directions
6. Conflict
7. Theme
Types of Drama
1) Comedy
2) Tragedy
3) Tragic Comedy
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