English drama
Plays from Britain
English drama refers to plays and theatrical works written in the English language, particularly those originating in England from the medieval period onward.
The tradition encompasses mystery and morality plays, Elizabethan and Jacobean theater including Shakespeare and his contemporaries, Restoration comedy, and modern works.
We're studying English drama from the 16th century.
The term may also refer to the academic discipline that examines this body of theatrical literature.
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
- ElizabethanOf late 1500s England
- stageRaised performance platform
- stage directionsInstructions within a script
- JacobeanPertaining to King James's reign
George Bernard Shaw · Oscar Wilde · mask · Royal Shakespeare Company · Othello · Hamlet · Christopher Marlowe · blank verse · iambic pentameter · King Lear · Macbeth · actor · Shakespeare · footlights · Victorian · drawing room comedy · matinee · comedy
- Elizabethan themesVirgin Queen, Shakespeare, historical plays, Tudor rose
- Expatriate Literatureexpatriates, expatriate life, Lost Generation, Henry James, Ezra Pound
- ShawPygmalion, Saint Joan, Geneva, Eliza Doolittle, Henry Higgins
English dramaChinese opera
Traditional staged musical drama
Peking opera · French drama · Greek tragedy · Scandinavian drama
English dramaEnglish comedy
Comedic style from Britain
farce · slapstick · burlesque · musical comedy · pantomime