Explain in detail the revival of drama during the 20th century
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The modern poetic drama in England owes its steady development to Gordon Bottomley, Abercrombie, T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden. Abercrombie and Bottomley came forward for the rescue of the English dramatists when it was o the verge of decline. Abercrombie tried to a deep the earlier verse-forms to make then once more vital means of dramatic expression. Debora, The Adder ,The End of the World, The Staircase, The Deserter and Phoenix are his Amorous play in this style. Abercrombie endeavored to bring his poetry into close contact with reality who appreciated and who knew the stage so well. Bottomley tried to make a new start. He looked to the classical drama of Greece. His most celebrated plays are King Liar’s Wife, The Crier by Night, Midsummer Eve, Laodice and Danae and Kate Kennedy. Eliot’s Murder in The cathedral is a landmark in the histroy of the modern poetic drama. Here in it is applied poetry to the stage most powerfully and artistically. There is real exhibition of the emotional power in the play. It has been a great success ever since its first appearance in 1935. Eliot’s Family Reunion is another beautiful play. W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood produced The Dog Beneath The Skin in collaboration in 1935. Stephen Spender’s Trial of A Judge is another play worthy of note in this gore.