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closet drama
closet drama a play that is meant to be read rather than performed. Precursors of the form existed in classical times. Plato's Apology is often regarded as tragic drama rather than philosophic dialogue. The dialogues of Cicero, Strabo, and Seneca were probably declaimed rather than acted, since o... Read more
folk drama
folk drama noncommercial, generally rural theater and pageantry based on folk traditions and local history. This form of drama, common throughout the world, declined in popularity in the West (although not in Asia) with the advent of printing, general literacy, and the increasing emphasis on the in... Read more
Asian drama
Asian drama dramatic works produced in the East. Of the three major Asian dramas—Sanskrit, Chinese, Japanese—the oldest is Sanskrit, although the dates of its origin are uncertain. See also Sanskrit literature ; Chinese literature ; Japanese literature ; and drama, Western . ... Read more
Western drama
Western drama plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see the various national literature articles. Greek Drama The Western dramatic tradition has its origins in ancient Greece. The precise evolution ... Read more
William Archer
William Archer 1856-1924, English author, critic, and translator, b. Scotland. Throughout his life he worked as drama critic on several London newspapers. He influenced the direction of English and American drama through his active interest in the work of the great Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen... Read more
Manuel Tamayo y Baus
Manuel Tamayo y Baus , 1829-98, Spanish dramatist. Born into a family of actors, Tamayo became one of the most popular and versatile Spanish playwrights of the 19th cent. Among his many successful plays are the historical Locura de amor [the madness of love] (1855) and his tragic masterpiece, Un ... Read more
morality play
morality play form of medieval drama that developed in the late 14th cent. and flourished through the 16th cent. The characters in the morality were personifications of good and evil usually involved in a struggle for a man's soul. The form was generally static, but it contributed significantly to ... Read more
Robert Sanford Brustein
Robert Sanford Brustein 1927-, American educator and drama critic, b. New York City. As dean of the Yale Univ. Drama School (1966-78), he made it one of the major American training grounds for the theatrical arts. During this period he also founded and directed the Yale Repertory Theatre. In 1979, ... Read more
Bronson Howard
Bronson Howard 1842-1908, American dramatist, b. Detroit. His plays are important in the development of American drama. He was a newspaper reporter in New York until the success of his first play, Saratoga, a farcical comedy produced in 1870. He wrote 12 subsequent plays, including Young Mrs. Wi... Read more
ballad opera
ballad opera in English drama, a play of comic, satiric, or pastoral intent, interspersed with songs, most of them sung to popular airs. First and best was The Beggar's Opera (1728) by John Gay . The vogue for these operas lasted until c.1750. ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "drama,"

Asian drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Asian drama dramatic works produced in the East. Of the three major Asian...Sanskrit literature ; Chinese literature ; Japanese literature ; and drama, Western . Sanskrit Drama Sanskrit drama is part of Sanskrit literature, the classical literature...
Schools of Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Schools of Drama. Until the present century entry into...through a three-year course at a recognized drama school, of which there are some 30 in...or study in a university department of drama . The leading London schools include the...
University Departments of Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre University Departments of Drama. The first attempt to present theatre...established in 1914 a Department of Drama offering a degree in theatre arts. More...1925 of a postgraduate Department of Drama at Yale , headed by George Pierce Baker...
Liturgical Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Liturgical Drama, plays based on the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Considering the drama inherent in its subject, it is not surprising...voices, this soon developed into a small drama of three or four scenes covering the main...
Poetic Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre Poetic Drama, term applied to plays written in verse...About the turn of the century, poetic drama, under such diverse influences as the n...dramatist raised the standards of poetic drama and deeply influenced his Irish and English...
Western drama
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Western drama plays produced in the Western world. This article discusses the development of Western drama in general; for further information see...various national literature articles. Greek Drama The Western dramatic tradition has its origins...
Religious Drama in America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre Religious Drama in America. Perhaps because significant...what might be termed “religious drama” was offered to playgoers until...x201C;Jews in American Theatre and Drama” and “Mormons in...
Theater and Drama
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying Theater and Drama It is no surprise that dramatists throughout history have...subjects. Since Aristotle, the motif of death has permeated drama. The life and death of the hero of Greek drama was inextricably bound up with his or her sense of honor...
Drama
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History Drama. The history of theater in the United States...eighteenth‐century father of American drama, turned to the Revolutionary War for his...the paucity of native‐written drama, theater flourished in resident professional...
drama
Book article from: World Encyclopedia drama Art form, probably derived from primitive religious rituals. In the West, drama developed into a sophisticated art form in 5th...Sophocles , Euripides and Aristophanes . Greek drama followed the unity of action, defined by Aristotle...

Dictionary entries related to "drama,"

drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church drama. In the first centuries of the Christian era, drama existed only in the form of spectacula , which necessarily...disseminated in Europe until the 16th cent. Vernacular religious drama intended for popular audiences existed as early as the 12th...
Theatre and drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Theatre and drama. Theatre, both East and West, has been...ritual share much in common with theatre and drama. In religious theatre, as in ritual and...to many characteristic forms of ritual drama—e.g. in Bali and in Java...
Oper und Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Oper und Drama (Ger.). Opera and Drama . Long essay by Wagner , written in Zurich 1850–1, in which he expounded his theories on mus. drama, speech-origins, etc.
Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Drama (religious): see THEATRE AND DRAMA .
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Guildhall School of Music and Drama . Mus. acad. est. 1880 by Corporation of City of London in warehouse...building in Barbican Arts Centre. Name changed to add ‘and Drama’ in 1935. Full-time courses. First prin. Weist...
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Mus. college in Glasgow, originating from Glasgow Athenaeum...prof. of mus. Prefix ‘Royal’ 1944. Drama sch. added 1950, present title dating from 1968. Separate Prin...
music drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music music drama. Term used by Wagner after Lohengrin to describe his operas in order to emphasize that the mus., dramatic, and scenic elements were on equal terms—a fusion of the arts as Gluck had proposed. Yet the old It. description of opera was dramma per musica .
Nō drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Nō drama (Jap., nōgaku , nohgaku ; ‘skill music’ or ‘skill entertainment’...
Welsh College of Music and Drama
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Welsh College of Music and Drama . Welsh mus. coll. founded 1949 as Cardiff Coll. of Mus. in Cardiff Castle. Changed to present title 1970. Moved in 1975 to new building in castle grounds at Cathays Park. Awards diplomas LWCMD and GWCMD. Prin. from 1990, Edmond Fivet.
Suicide
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...puts a bullet through her breast. [Nor. Drama: Ibsen The Wild Duck in Magill I, 1113...drove another man to suicide. [Swed. Drama: Ibsen Hedda Gabler ] Goneril stabs herself...her murder plot is discovered. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare King Lear ] Hero grief...

Thesaurus entries related to "drama,"

drama
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus drama • noun   1. a television drama synonyms : play, show, piece, theatrical work, dramatization.   2. he is studying drama synonyms : acting, the theater, the stage, the performing...
conservatory
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English conservatory • noun   1. plants in the conservatory synonyms : greenhouse, hothouse.   2. studying at the conservatory synonyms : conservatoire, music school, drama school, academy/institute of music/drama.
play
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...diversion, leisure, enjoyment, fun, merrymaking, revelry.   2. appear in a play by a local dramatist synonyms : drama, stage play, stage show, radio play, television play, teleplay, comedy, tragedy, farce.   3. the play of supernatural...
theater
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...dated nickelodeon.   2. what made you want to go into the theater ? synonyms : acting, performing, the stage; drama, the dramatic arts, dramaturgy, the thespian art; show business, Broadway; informal the boards, show biz.  ...
series
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...sequence, string, chain, run, round; spate, wave, rash; set, course, cycle; row, line; formal concatenation.   2. a new TV series synonyms : serial, program, show, drama; soap opera; informal soap, sitcom, miniseries.
incident
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...clash, brawl, free-for-all, encounter, conflict, ruckus, confrontation, altercation, contretemps; informal ruction.   3. the journey was not without incident synonyms : excitement, adventure, drama; danger, peril.
include
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus include • verb   1. activities include sports and drama synonyms : incorporate, comprise, encompass, cover, embrace, involve, take in, number, contain; consist of, be made up...
graduate
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...get one's degree, pass one's exams, complete/finish one's studies.   2. she wants to graduate to serious drama synonyms : progress, advance, move up.   3. a thermometer graduated in Fahrenheit synonyms : calibrate, mark off...
grip
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...gripped by a sneezing fit synonyms : afflict, affect, take over, beset, rack, convulse.   3. we were gripped by the drama synonyms : engross, enthrall, absorb, rivet, spellbind, hold spellbound, bewitch, fascinate, hold, mesmerize, enrapture...
stage
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...for many international meetings synonyms : setting, scene, site, arena, background, backdrop. phrase: the stage   a career connected with the stage synonyms : the theater, drama, show business, the footlights, the boards.

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Drama: Ways into critical literacy in the early childhood years.
Magazine article from: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy; 10/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Drama as pedagogy (a teaching/learning methodology) Views about what drama is differ among members of educational communities so an explanation of what is meant here by `drama' is needed. The kind of drama discussed here is...
TV Drama in China
Magazine article from: The China Journal; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words ; TV Drama in China, edited by Ying Zhu, Michael Keane...paperback). Despite the affinities between TV drama and film and the cross-fertilization between...considerable prominence, studies of Chinese TV drama have remained rather scarce until recently...
DRAMA CLUB PACKS THE HOUSE
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 3/7/2002; 700+ words ; ...By SHERRY WHITTEMORE News Assistant The Drama Club at Windham High School has changed...in six years. In 1996, there were no drama courses. The club had only nine members...produced one play a year. Today, the Drama Club is the largest organization on campus...
Drama and Politics in the English Civil War.(Review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 6/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; Susan Wiseman. Drama and Politics in the English Civil War...after the closing of the theaters in 1642, drama stopped altogether in England for eighteen...and to interrogate the assumption that drama did not exist in England during the 1 640s...
Creative drama in preschool curriculum: teaching strategies implemented in Hungary.(teaching strategies)
Magazine article from: Childhood Education; 12/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...curriculum rich in opportunities for creative drama. This article describes teaching strategies and activities in creative drama for children ages 3-7, primarily through...the Little Snug House (2). CREATIVE DRAMA AND ITS TYPES Creative drama is an improvised...
No more drama. (Sisterspeak).(improving the quality of life)(Brief Article)(Column)
Magazine article from: Ebony; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...poignant title song from her hit CD No More Drama has been percolating in my consciousness...reverberating, syncopating and reminding me of how drama dominates (and ruins) so many lives...convincingly sings about how she wants "no more drama, no more pain." She's had plenty...
Drama in Early Tudor Britain, 1485-1558. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: ANQ; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...describe major developments in English drama during the reigns of the first four Tudor...about "medieval" nor "renaissance" drama, but about the transition from one to...Although in other histories, "renaissance" drama is said to begin anywhere between 1490...
Drama Therapy Can Coax Alzheimer's Patients Back to Reality, Briefly.
News Wire article from: AScribe Health News Service; 3/15/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...Alzheimer's patients who take part in a drama therapy group respond to the make-believe...with it" during the time they are doing drama group. And then they may become lost again...University's Sally Bailey, a registered drama therapist and past president of the National...
Drama and Authentic Assessment in a Social Studies Classroom.
Magazine article from: The Social Studies; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...skills. Students can learn content through drama and display their knowledge and skills...authentic assessment. When teachers use drama and authentic assessment, their students...government. The technique of teaching with drama also develops students' self-confidence...
The drama enthusiast: a million different directions.(Primary)
Magazine article from: NATE Classroom; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...the playground. No way! 'Vinay' loves drama lessons because it gives him the opportunity...expectations too!) I have always loved drama. I was lucky enough to have a very vibrant...teacher when I was at school. She loved drama; not just asking us to read and perform...