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Chapter 6 of 10
Drama
Written to be performed.
Classical roots
Greek tragedy and comedy established conventions of chorus, unity and catharsis that later drama argued with for two thousand years.
- Shakespeare mixed comedy and tragedy against classical rules.
- A script is incomplete until staged; interpretation is part of the work.
Modern theatre
Ibsen and Chekhov brought domestic realism, Brecht deliberately broke the illusion, and Beckett stripped the stage to almost nothing.