Types of drama

Types of drama

1. TYPES OF DRAMA AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE

2. WHAT IS DRAMA? Drama  is the specific  mode  of  fiction represented  in  performance (a play, opera, mime etc.) The term " drama " comes from a  Greek  word meaning “ action “ which is derived from "I do“. In English the term “ play ” comes from the word meaning “ game ” the standard term used to describe drama until  William Shakespeare’s time.

3. TYPES OF DRAMA :- There are six types of drama. These are:- Comedy Tragedy Melodrama Farce Fantasy Opera

4. Interior View of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton

5. COMEDY It is light play in nature. It creates a very funny and happy ambience and makes the audience to relax. It is very energetic in nature. Always it has a happy ending. Eg . “ As You Like It ” by William Shakespeare .

6. SIGNIFICANCE OF COMEDY Comedy tends to bring humor and induce laughter in plays, films, and theatre. The primary function of comedy is to amuse and entertain the audience, while it also portrays social institutions and persons as corrupt, and ridicules them through satirizing, parodying, and poking fun at their vices. By doing this, authors expose foibles and follies of individuals and society by using comic elements.

7. Pictures Of Some Comedy Scenes

8. TRAGEDY It is serious play in nature. Deals with problem as a theme. It creates a strong mood of unhappy and sad feeling among the audience. Always it has a sad ending. Eg .” Macbeth ” by William Shakespeare .

9. SIGNIFICANCE OF TRAGEDY Aristotle was the first to fully define it in his work  Poetics . He wrote that tragedy must involve the reversal of fortunes of a powerful person from good to bad, due to the  hamartia  of the protagonist. He also wrote that tragedy must create a sense of fear and pity in the viewer, which can then lead to catharsis. More modern dramatists, such as Arthur Miller, have written that tragedy can also be written about the common person; in fact, the viewer may more easily relate to this type of tragedy and thus feel a greater sense of fear and pity.

10. Modern Greek tragic masks

11. MELODRAMA The  melo -  part of  melodrama  comes from the Greek  melos ,  which also gives us the word  melody,  and a melodrama was originally a stage play that had an orchestral accompaniment and was interspersed with songs.  It is mainly judgmental drama where always good wins over the evils. There are some commonly portrait characters in this play like a noble hero, suffuring heroine and a evil villain exists. Everything from dialogue to costume is shown in a larger than life pattern. Eg . “ Ruined”  is a play by  Lynn Nottage .

12. SIGNIFICANCE OF MELODRAMA Comes from "music drama" – music was used to increase emotions or to signify characters. Melodrama is a genre of drama that exaggerates plot and characters with the intention of appealing to the emotions.

13. Pictures Of Melodrama

14. FARCE It is the play which has only funny elements and no human values. Overall funny and hilarious in nature. Main objective is to entertain the audience. Eg . “ The Importance of Being Earnest “ by Oscar Wilde.

15. SIGNIFICANCE OF FARCE The basic purpose of a farcical comedy is to evoke laughter. We usually find farces in theatre and films, and sometimes in other literary works too. In fact, all of these forms combine stereotyped characters and exaggeration to create humor . Farces also contain improbable coincidences, and generally mock weaknesses of humans and human society.

16. Pictures Of Farce

17. FANTASY Show differences between positive and negative powers. It has fairy tale type characteristics Showing some magic or powers that have no scientific bases yet verified by repeatable evidence. Use of mental powers or technologies that are not possible or not yet discovered. Eg . “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare

18. Fantasy is a type of drama, that portrays characters in a medievalist setting, which is to say that there are elements often associated with medieval legends such as kings, queens, princesses, dragons, knights, unicorns, and so on.  These kinds of drama serve to fuel our imaginations, and satisfy our longings for adventure. Thus, fantasy directly relates to our deepest desires and dreams. That is why they are important for increasing power of imagination in growing minds.

19. Pictures Of Fantasy

20. OPERA An extended dramatic composition is called opera , in which  aall  parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, it includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet. Compare comic opera, grand opera. The form or branch of musical and dramatic art represented by such compositions.

21. SIGNIFICANCE OF OPERA It conveys convincing messages, which is important for everyone curious about opera to read.

22. Pictures Of Opera