Drama Classes in Bangalore

History of Drama:

Western drama is traced back to the classical Greek culture around 5th century BC. Athens was the center of this ancient theatrical culture. There three genres of drama used to get enacted, tragedy, comedy and satire.

But by the beginning of the 2nd century BC Rome came up to be the center of the theatrical scene.

Early middle ages were the time of morality drama when churches staged dramatized versions of biblical events. It went up the same way till 15th century.

Further in the 16th and 17th centuries, English Renaissance theatre took up the theatrical center stage and dominated it with the rise of such great legendary dramatists like Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, and Ben Jonson to name a few.

Later from 1660 to 1710 England saw the rise of restoration comedy with the rise of the dramatists like John Dryden, William Wycherley and George Etherege.

Modern and postmodern era dominated the scene during 19th and 20th centuries initiated by the 19th century Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen and the 20th century German dramatist Bertolt Brecht.

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