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Lecture Five Drama ? A prose or verse position, especially one telling a serious story, that is intended for representation by actors impersonating(扮演the characters and performing the dialogue and action. An image of Elizabethan theatre Origins of drama: ? the religious ritual(宗教 )儀式 ? 15th century ? festivals celebrating the season,and ceremonies honoring to gods and the rituals, people gathered together to witness a ceremony in which the main participants wore a form of costumes. Also, poetry and music played a significant role in these events. in the sixth century . by stepping out of the chorus合唱隊 and being an actor. The person moved from simply reciting a story or series of events to impersonating a character. 3. Greek Drama Greek tragedy: Aeschylus埃斯庫羅斯 , Prometheus Bound Sophocles索??死账? Oedipus the king, and Antigone, Euripides歐里庇得斯 . Medea, and The Trogian Woman. Comedy: Aristophanes阿里斯托芬 , The Frogs, and The Birds Prometheus Bound (Aeschylus) Oedipus the King Sophocles) Roman Drama ? Bloodthirsty(嗜殺的 , 殘忍的 )Entertainment: ? Obscene language and real bloody violence, criminals were killed on stage, sexual acts were performed by prostitutes, and gladiators角斗士fought to their bloody deaths Plautus Seneca one of the finest remains of the Roman Empire, the best preserved theatre in the whole of Europe. Medieval drama( 14th and 15th) The mystery plays dramatizing familiar Biblical events, and morality plays, Mystery, miracle, 奇跡劇and morality Noah and the Flood ? in Renaissance ? Shakespeare ? Ben Johnson : The fox ? John Webster: The White Devil The Duchess of Malfi ? Neoclassical Drama ? rediscovered classics ? emphasizing the classical ideals of order and rationality. ? Modern and contemporary ? Gee Bernard Shaw (Irish), Ibsen(Norwegian Anton Chekhov(Russian), August Stindberg(Swedish) Bertolt Brecht( German) ? Eugene O’neill (American) The theatre of Absurd (19501960) American Drama ? 2. Elmer Rice The Adding Machine. ? Clifford Odets (19061963) Waiting for Lefty, Till the Day I Die, Paradise Lost, ? Steinbeck39。s Of Mice and Men ? Eugene O’neill: Desire Under the