Maharashtra State Board has included Drama Genre along with history of English Drama in class 11 to encourage students to take interest in the different literary forms. Here we will learn in short but exclusively History of English Drama.
Elements of drama.
State a type of drama each from any four periods of history.
Name any four periods of History of British Drama.
Types Of Drama
Differentiate poetry, prose, drama and novel.
Poetry consists of lines, stanzas. It has rhyme and rhythm. It is short in size but deep in meaning.
Prose consists of sentences and paragraphs.
Drama consists dialogues, scenes and acts. Story is narrated through the characters. It is written for performance.
Novel is longer story in narrative form.
Elements Of Drama
Features Of One Act Play
Match The Columns
| Column A | Column B |
| i) Medieval Period 11th to 15th Century | a) Dr. Faustus |
| ii) Renaissance Period (1600 to1700) | b) Murder in the Cathedral by Eliot |
| iii) Restoration Period (1600 onwards) | c) All For Love |
| iv) Modern Period (1901 to 1945) | d)Robin Hood |
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