Drama by Ramdan Faudzi

Drama

What is Drama?

   Drama has many meaning that characterize the word. Drama a piece of writing that tells a story and is performed on a stage. A play, movie, television show, or radio show that is about a serious subject and is not meant to make the audience laugh. The art or activity of performing a role in a play or show. Drama is also a composition in verse or prose intended to portray life or character or to tell a story usually involving conflicts and emotions through action and dialogue and typically designed for theatrical performance.

History.

Drama was originated from ancient Greek in 600-700 BC. The word drama means 'action' or 'to-do' in Greek. The actor wore a facial mask to show the expression clearly. There are two types of the mask that is 'Talia' for comedy and 'Melpomene" for the tragedy. After Italian Renaissance Operas in 1500 which music plays an important role in it, English drama is growing with the encouragement of Queen Elizabeth.

Types of Drama.

1. Tragedy

  A tragedy is a play that ends up unhappily. A tragedy is commonly associated with right and wrong, justice and injustice, and life and death as their universal theme. Tragedies pit human limitation against the large force of destiny.

2. Comedy

   Comedy is a play that end with a happy ever after endings. The play always centers on a romantic conflict. The fun part is that the protagonist could be anybody not like tragedy drama that prefers a Tragic Hero as the protagonist. Usually ends with a wedding.

3. Melodrama

   Melodrama is another type of exaggerated drama. The formulaic storyline of the classic melodrama typically involves a villain a heroine, and a hero who must rescue the heroine from the villain. So basically it is about a fight between good and evil.

4. Modern Drama

   A modern drama may be tragedy, may be comedy or could be both. It is focus on personal issues and about ordinary people. Modern playwrights often experiment wit unconventional plot structures like a very long flashback, music and a visual projection of a characters private thought.

Plot Structure of A Drama.

Famous Playwright.

William Shakespeare.

Sophocles.

Christopher Marlowe.

Famous Drama.

Romeo and Juliet.

Death Of A Salesman. 

Cyrano de Bergerac. 

Oedipus Rex.