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1551:. All of the six comedies that Terence wrote between 166 and 160 BC have survived; the complexity of his plots, in which he often combined several Greek originals, was sometimes denounced, but his double-plots enabled a sophisticated presentation of contrasting human behaviour. No early Roman tragedy survives, though it was highly regarded in its day; historians know of three early tragedians—
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is a serious dramatic form that combines drama, music, and dance into a complete aesthetic performance experience. It developed in the 14th and 15th centuries and has its own musical instruments and performance techniques, which were often handed down from father to son. The performers were generally
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classical comedies, combining the various plotlines in adventurous ways. Resulting differences of tone in a single play were appreciated rather than frowned on, as the audience prized "variety" within as well as between plays. Restoration comedy peaked twice. The genre came to spectacular maturity in
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While some ballet emphasises "the lines and patterns of movement itself" dramatic dance "expresses or imitates emotion, character, and narrative action". Such ballets are theatrical works that have characters and "tell a story", Dance movements in ballet "are often closely related to everyday forms
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Williams (1993, 25–26) and Moi (2006, 17). Moi writes that "Ibsen is the most important playwright writing after
Shakespeare. He is the founder of modern theater. His plays are world classics, staged on every continent, and studied in classrooms everywhere. In any given year, there are hundreds of
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on the opera tradition. In his view, there was no proper balance between music and theatre in the operas of his time, because the music seemed to be more important than the dramatic aspects in these works. To restore the connection with the classical drama, he entirely renewed the operatic form to
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stage production, designed for family entertainment. It was developed in
England and is still performed throughout the United Kingdom, generally during the Christmas and New Year season and, to a lesser extent, in other English-speaking countries. Modern pantomime includes songs, gags, slapstick
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in conjunction with the more anti-illusionist aesthetics of the theatres of the same period. These interlock and overlap in all sorts of complicated ways, even when they are vehemently denouncing each other (perhaps particularly when) in the favoured mode of the time, the manifesto" (2007,
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male (for both male and female roles), although female amateurs also perform Nō dramas. Nō drama was supported by the government, and particularly the military, with many military commanders having their own troupes and sometimes performing themselves. It is still performed in Japan today.
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that began in the 10th and 11th centuries, theatre was discouraged or forbidden entirely. Later, in an attempt to re-assert indigenous values and ideas, village theatre was encouraged across the subcontinent, developing in various regional languages from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The
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with a dark side. The tolerance for
Restoration comedy even in its modified form was running out by the end of the 17th century, as public opinion turned to respectability and seriousness even faster than the playwrights did. At the much-anticipated all-star première in 1700 of
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set out to appeal to more socially diverse audience with a strong middle-class element, as well as to female spectators. The comic focus shifts from young lovers outwitting the older generation to the vicissitudes of marital relations. In
Congreve's
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Brown (1998, 441), Cartledge (1997, 3–5), Goldhill (1997, 54), and Ley (2007, 206). Taxidou notes that "most scholars now call 'Greek' tragedy 'Athenian' tragedy, which is historically correct" (2004, 104). Brown writes that
1495:, Andronicus was most appreciated for his tragedies and Naevius for his comedies; their successors tended to specialise in one or the other, which led to a separation of the subsequent development of each type of drama.
2145:(1700), the give-and-take set pieces of couples testing their attraction for one another have mutated into witty prenuptial debates on the eve of marriage, as in the latter's famous "Proviso" scene. Vanbrugh's
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in its attention to the subordinate legal position of married women and the complexities of "divorce" and separation, issues that had been highlighted in the mid-1690s by some notorious cases before the
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is a noted playwright, who has written a number of plays that use history and mythology, to critique and problematize ideas and ideals that are of contemporary relevance. Karnad's numerous plays such as
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are amongst the major Indian playwrights of the 20th century. Mohan Rakesh in Hindi and Danish Iqbal in Urdu are considered architects of new age Drama. Mohan Rakesh's Aadhe
Adhoore and Danish Iqbal's
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of plays (though the individual works were not necessarily connected by story or theme), which usually consisted of three tragedies and one satyr play (though exceptions were made, as with
Euripides'
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dominate modern drama; each inspired a tradition of imitators, which include many of the greatest playwrights of the modern era. The works of both playwrights are, in their different ways, both
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2166:, Congreve's first comedy for five years, the audience showed only moderate enthusiasm for that subtle and almost melancholy work. The comedy of sex and wit was about to be replaced by
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was a pioneering modern playwright who wrote plays noted for their exploration and questioning of nationalism, identity, spiritualism and material greed. His plays are written in
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of physical expression, there is an expressive quality inherent in nearly all dancing", and this is used to convey both action and emotions; mime is also used. Examples include
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1471:. From the beginning of the empire, however, interest in full-length drama declined in favour of a broader variety of theatrical entertainments. The first important works of
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date from the 1st century AD. The wealth of archeological evidence from earlier periods offers no indication of the existence of a tradition of theatre. The ancient
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is the comic counterpart to Nō drama. It concentrates more on dialogue and less on music, although Nō instrumentalists sometimes appear also in Kyōgen.
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is a theatrical medium where the action of a story is told through the movement of the body, without the use of speech. Performance of mime occurred in
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Only a small fraction of the work of five dramatists, however, has survived to this day: we have a small number of complete texts by the tragedians
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Wickham (1959, 32–41; 1969, 133; 1981, 68–69). The sense of the creator of plays as a "maker" rather than a "writer" is preserved in the word
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Assamese Drama and
Theatre: A Series of Two Lectures Delivered at the Indian School of Drama and Asian Theatre Centre, New Delhi, April 1962
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Moi (2006, 1, 23–26). Taxidou writes: "It is probably historically more accurate, although methodologically less satisfactory, to read the
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Western culture dating back to classical theatre. It developed partly from the 16th century
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comedies. Twenty lean years followed this short golden age, although the achievement of the first professional female playwright,
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solidified the many attributes that we have come to know in modern times, including the silent figure in whiteface.
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Shakespeare's Dramatic Heritage: Collected Studies in Mediaeval, Tudor and Shakespearean Drama.
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Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present.
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The Idea of a Theater: A Study of Ten Plays, The Art of Drama in a Changing Perspective.
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1296:. Their origins remain obscure, though by the 5th century BC, they were
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into a highly sculptural form, taking it outside of the realms of
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comedy and dancing, employs gender-crossing actors, and combines
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ones. Also important in this period were the folk dramas of the
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would bring this number to six dramatists whose work survives.
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The Theatricality of Greek Tragedy: Playing Space and Chorus.
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Artwork intended for performance, formal type of literature
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Richmond, Farley. 1998. "India." In Banham (1998, 516–525).
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The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time.
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from 140 BC provides a feasible date for the beginnings of
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and whose notorious "china scene" is a series of sustained
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lifestyle of unremitting sexual intrigue and conquest. The
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in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the
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Brockett and Hildy (2003, 18) and Banham (1998, 444–445).
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Brockett and Hildy (2003, 13, 15) and Banham (1998, 442).
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contributed significantly to the development of mime and
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were prominent playwrights during this period. As in the
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The Story of Civilization, Volume II: The Life of Greece
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Through the Body: A Practical Guide to Physical Theatre.
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Baumer, Rachel Van M., and James R. Brandon, eds. 1981.
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per year and a larger number never performed any at all.
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drama in an artificially mixed literary language called
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plays in the neighbouring state of Assam, pioneered by
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or from the plays of eminent Roman playwrights such as
1570:. Nine of Seneca's tragedies survive, all of which are
4276:, It's-Behind-You.com, 2002, accessed 10 February 2013
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The Three Faces of Leadership: Manager, Artist, Priest
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Banham (1998, 8) and Brockett and Hildy (2003, 15–16).
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remarks, 'the poet, or "maker" should be the maker of
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during which hundreds of plays were written. With the
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Other important playwrights of the modern era include
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Pandey, Sudhakar, and Freya Taraporewala, eds. 1999.
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Facts on File ser. New York: Facts on File/Infobase.
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Ed. Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 441–447.
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is mistaken, ignoring as it does a rich tradition of
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rather than of verses; since he is a poet because he
3007:, in Assam. Modern Bhramyoman stages everything from
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The major source of evidence for Sanskrit theatre is
1320:") who speaks (rather than sings) and impersonates a
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Creative Dramatics as a Classroom Teaching Technique
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The Cambridge Introduction to Early English Theatre.
4221:, Jack Zipes (ed.), Oxford University Press (2006),
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3885:
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Its drama is regarded as the highest achievement of
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or musical accompaniment underscoring the dialogue (
4787:. Unabridged republication. New York: Dover, 1966.
4092:Ibsen productions in the world." Ibsenites include
4052:Interconnected causes for this shift in taste were
2540:theatre, used masks in the training of his actors.
4955:A Short Introduction to the Ancient Greek Theater.
4902:. New York: Performing Arts Journal Publications.
4437:Brandon (1981, xvii) and Richmond (1998, 516–517).
3655:", Goldhill writes, "can be said to have invented
3629:in the US; see Johnstone (1981) and Spolin (1963).
2778:do not appear to have developed into theatre. The
2487:, rather than the theatrical form discussed here.
2021:is used as a synonym of Restoration comedy. After
4863:. New Accents Ser. London and New York: Methuen.
3880:
3492:result, as one might put it, from the underlying
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4676:Brockett, Oscar G. and Franklin J. Hildy. 2003.
4219:The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
2715:, from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th.
2178:The pivotal and innovative contributions of the
1024:associated with drama represent the traditional
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5203:3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
3163:are significant contributions to Indian drama.
2703:, a particular presentation of which is called
5287:
4900:: The Comic Routines of the Commedia dell'Arte
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4459:
4457:
4455:
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3484:writes that "a drama, as distinguished from a
1940:. In addition to Shakespeare, such authors as
1914:were particularly popular during the reign of
1574:(tragedies adapted from Greek originals); his
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4957:Rev. ed. Chicago and London: U of Chicago P.
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3919:as evidence that the old-fashioned view that
2707:. Modern Indian theatre developed during the
2378:is a dramatic art form that arose during the
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1626:Stage drawing from a 15th-century vernacular
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47:Depiction of a scene from Shakespeare's play
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4514:"Mobile theatre strikes deep roots in Assam"
4511:
4367:Brandon (1997, 72) and Richmond (1998, 516).
4358:Brandon (1997, 70) and Richmond (1998, 516).
1794:. In England, trade guilds began to perform
1590:. Historians do not know who wrote the only
1547:of his dialogue and his use of a variety of
1528:and introduced musical accompaniment to its
4932:. Stanford: Stanford UP; Oxford: Oxford UP.
4881:Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton UP, 1968.
4802:. Florence, Kentucky: Heinle & Heinle.
4466:
4452:
4440:
3913:(1981), Wickham points to the existence of
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2983:, is a tradition that follows this format.
2518:, evolved. In the early nineteenth century
2218:", while Brecht's has been aligned with an
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1736:, written in the 13th century in French by
1410:Five comic dramatists competed at the City
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1118:(1887). It is this narrower sense that the
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5071:Indian Theatre: Traditions of Performance.
4817:. 11 vols. New York: Simon & Schuster.
4691:Brown, Andrew. 1998. "Ancient Greece." In
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3987:British dramatists from Dryden to Sheridan
2695:. A distinct form of one-act plays called
2595:, based on Shakespeare's famous play, and
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876:
4800:Dramatic Theory and Criticism: Greeks to
4349:Richmond, Swann, and Zarrilli (1993, 12).
3916:The Interlude of the Student and the Girl
3613:Some forms of improvisation, notably the
3087:Learn how and when to remove this message
2442:These stories follow in the tradition of
2363:Learn how and when to remove this message
1882:, brings together the classical story of
1743:The Interlude of the Student and the Girl
1666:). Two groups would sing responsively in
1254:, 1st century BC – early 1st century AD,
1138:within their respective media. The term "
1063:) was the standard term for dramas until
4831:The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy
4648:Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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2073:The unsentimental or "hard" comedies of
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1932:One of the great flowerings of drama in
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4665:2nd, rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP.
4653:Indian English Drama: A Critical Study.
4611:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
4311:
4213:
4211:
4016:The "China scene" from Wycherley's play
3600:, for example, is a good example of a "
1543:are best known; he was admired for the
1440:An ivory statuette of a Roman actor of
14:
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4813:Durant, Will & Ariel Durant. 1963
4663:The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre.'
4076:attacked Congreve and Vanbrugh in his
4070:Society for the Reformation of Manners
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3840:
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2037:. Restoration comedy is known for its
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4217:Reid-Walsh, Jacqueline. "Pantomime",
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2510:Europe, early forms of mime, such as
2170:and the drama of exemplary morality.
1598:(tragedies based on Roman subjects),
1487:wrote from 240 BC. Five years later,
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5008:Chicago and London: U of Chicago P.
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4940:Impro: Improvisation and the Theatre
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4398:
4386:
4208:
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3069:adding citations to reliable sources
3040:
2945:(in English translation) influenced
2748:The earliest-surviving fragments of
2345:adding citations to reliable sources
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2113:(1675), whose title contains a lewd
1723:One of the most famous of the early
1697:wrote six plays in Latin modeled on
1100:a comedy nor a tragedy—for example,
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3975:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 101–103).
3923:began in England in the 1550s with
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3825:
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3779:
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2422:(informally "panto"), is a type of
2041:explicitness, urbane, cosmopolitan
24:
4975:. Motilal Banarsidass Publishers.
4915:A Guide to Hellenistic Literature.
4763:Modern Indian Drama: An Anthology.
4626:Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1993.
4505:
4171:Williams (1966) and Wright (1989).
4159:Naturalist movement in the theatre
3754:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 36, 47).
3576:
2971:for "travel"), originating in the
2849:account of the origin of theatre.
1657:Whom do you Seek? (Quem-Quaeritis)
1067:'s time—just as its creator was a
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6535:
5246:
4512:RAMESH MENON (15 February 1988).
3855:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 49–50).
3808:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 48–49).
3799:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 47–48).
3776:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 46–47).
3643:"was essentially the creation of
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1006:), which is derived from "I do" (
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6477:
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6458:
6457:
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5183:Early English Stages: 1300–1660.
5137:Early English Stages: 1300–1660.
5028:The Theory and Analysis of Drama
4942:Rev. ed. London: Methuen, 2007.
4754:Chakraborty, Kaustav, ed. 2011.
4624:Sanskrit Theatre in Performance.
4416:Bhaona: The Ritual Play of Assam
4250:The Ecologies of Amateur Theatre
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3175:are considered modern classics.
3045:
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1369:. Aeschylus' historical tragedy
1365:and, from the late 4th century,
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5253:Greek & Roman Mask Timeline
5119:Tragedy, Modernity and Mourning
4783:Duchartre, Pierre Louis. 1929.
4693:The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.
4609:The Cambridge Guide to Theatre.
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3056:needs additional citations for
2332:needs additional citations for
1448:Following the expansion of the
1256:Princeton University Art Museum
1204:; and some forms of drama have
5021:Studies in Contemporary India.
4798:Dukore, Bernard F., ed. 1974.
4287:Webster's New World Dictionary
4034:is something of a Restoration
3957:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 97).
3891:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 77).
3877:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 76).
3846:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 50).
3834:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 48).
3822:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 49).
3790:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 47).
3745:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 43).
3550:
3541:
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3444:Verse drama and dramatic verse
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2023:public theatre had been banned
1894:tradition, alternating comic,
1389:") begin from 501 BC when the
984:The term "drama" comes from a
13:
1:
5783:20th-century theatre timeline
5104:Improvisation for the Theater
4930:A Handbook of Classical Drama
4661:Brandon, James R., ed. 1997.
4182:"opera | History & Facts"
3948:Brockett and Hildy (2003, 86)
2895:The Recognition of Shakuntala
1872:
1859:
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1670:, though no impersonation of
1660:
971:
5088:NY and London: Columbia UP.
4928:Harsh, Philip Whaley. 1944.
4761:Deshpande, G. P., ed. 2000.
3116:The King of the Dark Chamber
2408:
2382:in an attempt to revive the
2190:German theatre practitioner
1580:, for example, was based on
7:
5823:
5570:Roman and Byzantine theatre
5185:Vol. 3. London: Routledge.
5121:. Edinburgh: Edinburgh UP.
4913:Gutzwiller, Kathryn. 2007.
4844:Ehrlich, Harriet W. 1974. "
4765:New Delhi: Sahitya Akedemi.
3653:Athens in the fifth century
3512:, and what he imitates are
3270:
2560:with his training methods.
2033:signalled a renaissance of
1928:English Renaissance theatre
1611:
1524:in dividing the drama into
1175:structure of dramatic texts
948:. Considered as a genre of
32:Drama (film and television)
10:
6540:
5289:History of Western theatre
5139:Vol. 1. London: Routledge.
4651:Bhatta, S. Krishna. 1987.
4607:Banham, Martin, ed. 1998.
4600:
4579:"Background to Noh-Kyogen"
4274:"The History of Pantomime"
3939:; see Wickham (1981, 178).
3232:
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2699:developed in the works of
2629:
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2412:
2017:period from 1660 to 1710.
1983:
1980:English Restoration comedy
1925:
1855:The Castle of Perseverance
1825:The Second Shepherds' Play
1632:The Castle of Perseverance
1615:
1429:
1252:) with masks of New Comedy
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1169:modes of production and a
1149:The enactment of drama in
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5165:English Moral Interludes.
4253:. Springer. p. 131.
2563:
2532:, strongly influenced by
2454:seen in masque and again
1760:The Boy and the Blind Man
1248:Relief of a seated poet (
1239:Theatre of ancient Greece
6109:Theatrical superstitions
5441:Classical Athenian drama
5084:Spivack, Bernard. 1958.
5026:Pfister, Manfred. 1977.
4991:Stanislavski In Practise
4758:New Delhi: PHI Learning.
4418:. Sangeet Natak Academy.
4330:Encyclopaedia Britannica
4072:(founded in 1692). When
3570:Encyclopaedia Britannica
3460:
3228:
3178:
2625:
2577:Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2312:
1922:Elizabethan and Jacobean
1818:(32) and the so-called "
1766:Many plays survive from
1361:, and the comic writers
1228:History of Western drama
1177:, unlike other forms of
988:word meaning "deed" or "
30:For the film genre, see
5229:Weimann, Robert. 2000.
5214:Weimann, Robert. 1978.
4969:Neog, Maheswar (1980).
4768:Dillon, Janette. 2006.
4736:Carlson, Marvin. 1993.
4721:Callery, Dympha. 2001.
4414:Neog, Maheswar (1984).
4399:Neog, Maheswar (1975).
4186:Encyclopedia Britannica
4000:Hatch, Mary Jo (2009).
3736:Banham (1998, 444–445).
3547:Banham (1998, 894–900).
2709:period of colonial rule
2640:A scene from the drama
2490:
2388:western classical music
2202:, incorporating formal
1906:, performed during the
1432:Theatre of ancient Rome
1188:: the dramatic text in
1173:form of reception. The
1130:, adopted to describe "
1126:industries, along with
1075:and the building was a
977:)—the earliest work of
936:, etc., performed in a
6104:Theatrical constraints
4678:History of the Theatre
4340:Ehrlich (1974, 75–80).
3926:Gammer Gurton's Needle
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2883:Urvashi, Won by Valour
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6250:Theatrical Technician
6210:Electrician (theatre)
6184:Production management
5201:The Medieval Theatre.
5117:Taxidou, Olga. 2004.
5053:Greek Tragic Theatre.
5043:Jean-Gaspard Deburau.
5041:Rémy, Tristan. 1954.
5004:O'Brien, Nick. 2007.
4993:. London: Routledge.
4989:O'Brien, Nick. 2010.
4852:51:1 (January):75–80.
4756:Indian English Drama.
4706:Burt, Daniel S. 2008.
4475:Brandon (1981, xvii).
4463:Richmond (1998, 517).
4449:Richmond (1998, 516).
4100:; Brechtians include
3932:Ralph Roister Doister
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2831:dramatic construction
2802:A Treatise on Theatre
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2247:Federico García Lorca
2174:Modern and postmodern
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1727:plays is the courtly
1693:In the 10th century,
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5526:The Birth of Tragedy
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4861:of Theatre and Drama
4655:New Delhi: Sterling.
4568:Banham (1998, 1051).
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3911:Early English Stages
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2973:Vaishnavite movement
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2860:, such as the hero (
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2182:Norwegian dramatist
2164:The Way of the World
2142:The Way of the World
1420:Ancient Greek comedy
1308:celebrating the god
1264:drama originates in
1196:include both spoken
640:Groups and movements
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6369:Lighting technician
6260:Wardrobe supervisor
6205:Carpenter (theatre)
6144:Theatrical property
6114:Technical rehearsal
5863:English Renaissance
5322:English Renaissance
5149:London: Routledge.
4953:Ley, Graham. 2006.
4917:London: Blackwell.
4895:Gordon, Mel. 1983.
4725:London: Nick Hern.
4638:Bevington, David M.
4094:George Bernard Shaw
4058:Glorious Revolution
3696:was not written by
3641:ancient Greek drama
3556:Pfister (1977, 11).
3100:Rabindranath Tagore
3031:Modern Indian drama
2989:Srimanta Sankardeva
2854:Sanskrit literature
2267:Vladimir Mayakovsky
2259:George Bernard Shaw
2243:Maurice Maeterlinck
1942:Christopher Marlowe
1703:Hildegard of Bingen
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162:Major written forms
6503:Outline of theatre
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6240:Spotlight operator
6189:Company management
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5868:Spanish Golden Age
5857:Commedia dell'arte
5768:History of theatre
5327:Spanish Golden Age
5316:Commedia dell'arte
4875:Fergusson, Francis
4855:Elam, Keir. 1980.
4850:Elementary English
4785:The Italian Comedy
4299:Gutzwiller (2007).
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