THE present dramatic epoch in France is so remarkable in some of its aspects that it seems not a little strange that no attempt—at least no attempt in English — should have been made to characterize ...

Stage dramas, first and foremost, are literature. Throughout history, truly moving works of drama have always ended up becoming literary classics. Compared to other literary forms, dramatic literature ...

IN an introductory lecture I gave last week at Harvard, I tried to clear the ground for laying the cornerstones of a National Anglo-American drama. I tried to justify the phrase ’ National ...

If you find yourself trying to break down the key elements of a perfect play, you need look no further than the Greeks! Aristotle's analysis of drama in his work Poetics identifies six key elements ...

From mistaken identity and dramatic irony to supernatural forces and tragic heroes, discover five defining Shakespearean tropes that still shape storytelling today.

Drama, vitally connected with other arts and disciplines, provides a fitting focus of study in a liberal arts education. Understanding this interconnectivity of drama with others fields, the ...