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History of Drama• The first form of drama was originally from ancient Greek. Dran ‘to perform’• The performance was initially intended to honor the Gods and the God that used to be associated to this performance was Dionysus, God of wine and crops.• They celebrated the harvest by imitating the human’s daily activity or even the animal in the form of dancing and singing.• That performance later on became drama or play.

History of DramaSome factors of the appearance of

drama at that time.

Believe in Gods A Fear of Starvation (hunger)

The mimitic faculty The sympathy of magic

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History of Drama•The development of the play in Greece

then became formal performance on the stage for the sake of arts as well as bussiness. • The famous Greek playwright were Sophocles (Tragedy) and Euripides (Comedy).• The theaters were build on the hill side. The audiences heard the dialogue through the echo of the sound on the hill.

Sophocles’ theater

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Sophocles’ theater

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History of Drama

•The development of the drama was continued as the emerging of Roman Empire.•The playright from Roman that much influenced European drama, especially English Drama, was Seneca. Seneca was considered as one of the the playrights that inspired shakespeare’s works.•So why the English playwrights were much influenced by the Roman than the Greek?

• Most of the Greek plays were talking about the human that suffered by the Gods. In other word, the human struggles were much influenced by the involvement of the Gods power.• On the contrary, the story of Roman drama that described the human self power or attemp was much more influenced by the success of the their struggles and not only depend on the Gods power.• The culture and belieft of the Roman drama were suitable withEuropean, or it sounds reasonable to accept the story of the Drama.

History of Drama

ROMAN THEATER

ROMAN THEATER

ROMAN THEATER

History of English Drama

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History of English Drama•The first form of English drama was

called Sacret. Sacret means holy or spiritual• Sacret was a sort of mini drama that was performed in the Church to celebrate religion festival. The stroy was based on the holybook.• Sacret then developed into Morality. This Drama was performed in the yard and not in the church anymore. The story was not only from the bibel but also from the author but it still contained a moral lesson as Sacret did.

History of English Drama• Morality was enjoyed by common

people because it was performed in the open space in every city or town in England at that time.• The upper class of society or the noble and royal family then developed the performance as what they called as Interlude.•Interlude, like Morality, was also a drama that contained a moral lesson but it only perforemed in the middle of a party or festival of the noblemen and the upperclass.

History of English Drama• Sacret, Morality, and interlude were

the three forms of early drama in England.

• The development of English Drama reached its golden age in Elizabethan period or during Queen Elizabeth reign in 17th Century.

• At that time the most famoust English playwright William Shakespeare lived.

Shakespeares’ theater

The StageActors /Actres

Spectators

Spectators

Shakespeares’ theater

The StageActors /Actres

Spectators

Spectators

Restoration Period

• Civil war (the war of roses) between Royal (Round head) Vs Parliament (the cavalier). Parliament defeated the royal and ruled the country, the leader was Oliver Cromwell.

•This period was known as Puritan period. Puritan was a group of religion society that wanted to purify their religion thought. One of their roles was no one allowed to show their enjoyment or happiness in front of publict.

Restoration Period• The impact was all theater that have developed during Elizabethan (Shakespeare time) were banned.

•Charles II (from the exile in France) came to England and struggled for the crown. After long war, he succeeded to overtake the kingdom and ruled the country.

•This time was known as restoration period for the changed in many aspects of life he made, including literature like Drama.

Restoration PeriodThe new features of New Drama

• The theater was shallower or smaller than theater in Shakespeare time, the stage was moved behind.

• The language was much less poetic

• The women were introduced as the actress on the stage

Tragedy and Comedy

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Tragedy and Comedy

• Tragedy was born in Greece in the fifth century B.C, Aristotle (Poetics) define it as an imitation of an action that is serious, complete in itself, and of a certain magnitude (scale/size) … accomplish through incidents that arouse pity and fear…

• The word tragedy derives from Tragos (= goat). It maybe taken from the festival to honor the God of Dionysus.

Tragedy and Comedy• In many cases, it is the nature of tragedy that the protagonist or the hero (chief character) must fall from power and from happiness. •In more modern tragedy (on stage or movie), it does not appear in the original one but it’s combined with comedy.

•The combination of Tragedy and comedy then it’s called Tragicomedy.

Tragedy and Comedy• Comedy, from the Greek komos (= a revel/party), originated to celebrate spring and to praise the God Dionysus, God of fertility and wine.

• Two Kinds of Comedy

• Satiric comedy: Shows a world with less attractive people (ordinary) in which human weakness or folly is ridiculed.

Tragedy and Comedy• Romantic Comedy is comedy which presents an ideal world, golden world, or a world more delightful than the fact. It portrays people with indulgence/wealthy in everyday world or in some never-never land.

Tragedy and Comedy• Comedy High and Low

• Comedy High focus on verbal or dialogue as the trigger to make funny.• Ex. Comedy of manner

‘The Importance of being Earnest’• Comedy low focus on the physically action as

the source of the funny.• Ex. Slapstick comedy, Farce, etc

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