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INTRODUCTION This article introduces us to the play of the greatest dramatist in literary history. He is William Shakespeare. He is well respected and his plays are widely read and referred to because of the […] […]

INTRODUCTION This article explains the nature and characteristics of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy. It gives an overview of the concept of tragicomedy before concentrating on the Shakespeare type of the genre. Finally, The Merchant of Venice (1596) […] […]

For the English people, 17th century was a period of great political turmoil and social upheaval. In 1642, the parliament outlawed theatrical performances in public places and playhouses. In 1649, political wrangling led to the […] […]

INTRODUCTION The Restoration period was not just an era of comic extravaganza on evil manners; there was equally an effort to produce drama of serious note. John Dryden (1631 – 1700), Thomas Otway (1652 – […] […]

The Victorian drama, that is to say, the English drama of the 19th century is not a memorable one in terms of dramatic literature. In fact, the English dramatic literature which began to decline in […] […]

This article examines the effort to revitalise poetic drama on the English stage by notable English poets like W.B. Yeats, W.H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, etc. It will look at the purpose of the attempt and […] […]

This article examines English drama from the middle of the 20th century to the present. It shows how the Second World War and its consequences changed the face of the English drama and, in fact, […] […]

This article discusses the role of the audience in the theatre before explaining the nature of English audience -from the Elizabethan period to the contemporary time. It points out the features of each audience and […] […]