English - Drama: Performances Transcending Time & Stage

Drama

as a branch of literature is the imitation of life, at times an exaggeration of it and, most of the time, a mode to give voice to those whose voices are unheard. The need to represent a man and a woman’s simplest desires prove to be influential to the audience of drama. 

Renaissance

meaning “rebirth,” was a period of innovation in culture, art, and learning that took place between the fourteenth and sixteenth centuries. The _ period in British history led to a boom in the English arts, as the term connotes, a revival in the arts.

William Shakespeare

he was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Much of his works has been published, adapted, re-published, and re-adapted but of his true identity, everyone can only speculate.

Romance

came into being in France in the Middle Ages. It is usually characterized by its treatment of chivalry. The main theme of the plays of the _ theater is love. In the development of the plot, a series of disasters are unleashed.

Anton Chekhov

he was born in Taganrog, Russia and was a physician but also a short story writer and playwright. He grew up supporting his family by selling his short stories and sketches to humour magazines

Comedy

in the ancient Greek tradition means a story with a happy ending, the opposite of a tragedy.

Farce

came from the French word means “stuffing.” It is a type of comedy involving characters that are stuck in a ridiculous predicament and are often exaggerated.

Theater

is often referred to as “the lively art.” It is a performance art, which means that it is performed live in front of an audience instead of being created and then viewed separately by an audience.

Experimental Theater

also known as “avant-garde theater” began in Western theater in the late 19th Century and it plays as a rejection of both the age in particular and, in general, the dominant ways of writing and producing plays. The term has shifted over time as the mainstream theater world has adapted many forms that were once considered radical.