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2007-09-29 15:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Theatre Doc 7 · 0 1

Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] It is derived from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek δράμα), derived from "to do" (Classical Greek δράω).

Dramas are performed in various media: theatre, radio, film, and television. Drama is often combined with music and dance: the drama in opera is sung throughout; musicals include spoken dialogue and songs; and some forms of drama have regular musical accompaniment (melodrama and Japanese Nō, for example).[2] In certain periods of history (the ancient Roman and modern Romantic) dramas have been written to be read rather than performed.[3] In improvisation, the drama does not pre-exist the moment of performance; performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience...

Contents
* 1 History of drama
o 1.1 Greek
o 1.2 Medieval
o 1.3 Elizabethan and Jacobean
o 1.4 Opera
o 1.5 Chinese
o 1.6 Japanese
o 1.7 Indian
* 2 Today
* 3 Tool for education
o 3.1 Pantomime
o 3.2 Drama in education...


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2007-09-29 15:13:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0 0

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