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Literary
June 18, 1927
The St. Paul Echo
St. Paul, Minneapolis, Ramsey County, Hennepin County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Overview of drama's origins and development, from ancient Greek, Hindu, and Chinese religious festivals and dances, to medieval European mystery and morality plays, evolving into Renaissance modern forms like tragedy, comedy, and melodrama.
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Drama's Development
Drama developed more or less independently with the ancient Greeks, the Hindus of the First century A. D. and the Chinese, probably from primitive religious festivals and imitative dances, and especially in the East, from puppet shows, shadow plays and pantomimes.
The earliest European drama is the Greek, which, growing up in connection with the festival of Dionysus, culminated in Attica, where the festival came to be celebrated by the performance of a tetralogy, consisting of one comedy and a trilogy of serious plays or tragedies celebrating a connected series of mythic episodes. In medieval Europe, mystery, miracle and morality plays, acted in connection with the church festivals, preceded the appearance, during the Renaissance, of the modern drama which has developed, besides tragedy and comedy, tragi-comedy, melodrama, opera, burletta, farce, etc.
Drama developed more or less independently with the ancient Greeks, the Hindus of the First century A. D. and the Chinese, probably from primitive religious festivals and imitative dances, and especially in the East, from puppet shows, shadow plays and pantomimes.
The earliest European drama is the Greek, which, growing up in connection with the festival of Dionysus, culminated in Attica, where the festival came to be celebrated by the performance of a tetralogy, consisting of one comedy and a trilogy of serious plays or tragedies celebrating a connected series of mythic episodes. In medieval Europe, mystery, miracle and morality plays, acted in connection with the church festivals, preceded the appearance, during the Renaissance, of the modern drama which has developed, besides tragedy and comedy, tragi-comedy, melodrama, opera, burletta, farce, etc.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Religious
What keywords are associated?
Drama Development
Greek Drama
Hindu Drama
Chinese Drama
Medieval Plays
Renaissance Drama
Literary Details
Title
Drama's Development
Subject
History Of Drama