20th Century Poetic Drama
The poetic drama had a late start in England. During the thirty years from 1890 to 1920 the pure poetic ...
Read moreSentimental Comedy – Definition & Meaning
Sentimental comedy is an 18th-century dramatic genre which sprang up as a reaction to the immoral tone of English Restoration ...
Read moreThe Problem Play Or The Prose Drama of the 20th Century
A problem play or a play of ideas is a drama which treats of a particular social or moral problem. ...
Read moreAnti-Sentimental Comedy – Definition & Meaning
Oliver Goldsmith and R. B. Sheridan revolted against the sentimental comedies of 18th century and pleaded for fresh humour on ...
Read moreModern Poetic Drama | Revival of Poetic Drama (20th Century)
We have the revival of modern poetic drama as a reaction against the naturalism of Shaw and humanitarianism of Wells. ...
Read moreRestoration Comedy Or Comedy of Manners
The comedy of Manners is the name given to a specific kind of English comedy written during the Restoration period. ...
Read moreJacobean Drama – Definition & Meaning
Jacobean Drama was a dark form drama in English literature. It was a period of James 1 (1603-1625), also known ...
Read moreElizabethan Drama | University Wits | Shakespeare’s Predecessors
The writers of early Elizabethan period were all graduates from the university of Oxford or Cambridge. They were men with ...
Read moreMystery and Miracle Plays
Mystery Plays: Mystery Plays originated in the Middle Ages, during the twelfth century, from the lack of interest from the ...
Read moreBeginning of English Drama
Drama is the most natural of all arts. It is based on one of the most fundamental of the human ...
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