GREEK AND ELIZABETHAN DRAMA
,WHAT IS DRAMA
• Drama is life with the dull bits cut out (Alfred Hitchcock).
• Drama is an adaption, recreation and reflection of reality on stage.
• Martin Esslin: “It is an enacted fiction, an art form based on mimetic action.
• Bertolt Brecht believes that drama is not merely imitation of an action rather
it is a tool to demonstrate social conditions. It is not only for entertainment
but also an instrument of political and social change.
,HISTORICAL EVIDENCES
• No fewer than thirty texts of Greek tragedies are extant
• Twelve or fourteen of Greek comedies
• Ancient sources such as archaeological remains, pots, vases
• Paintings of the theatrical scenes
• The festival of Dionysus, around March or April at the beginning of th
sailing season bringing people from all over Greece.
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,WHAT IS DRAMA
• Drama is life with the dull bits cut out (Alfred Hitchcock).
• Drama is an adaption, recreation and reflection of reality on stage.
• Martin Esslin: “It is an enacted fiction, an art form based on mimetic action.
• Bertolt Brecht believes that drama is not merely imitation of an action rather
it is a tool to demonstrate social conditions. It is not only for entertainment
but also an instrument of political and social change.
,HISTORICAL EVIDENCES
• No fewer than thirty texts of Greek tragedies are extant
• Twelve or fourteen of Greek comedies
• Ancient sources such as archaeological remains, pots, vases
• Paintings of the theatrical scenes
• The festival of Dionysus, around March or April at the beginning of th
sailing season bringing people from all over Greece.
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