write a note on the beginning of English drama?
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Explanation:
The first tragedy “Gorboduc” was written by Thomas Sackville and Thomas Northon around 1562. It was written in blank verse and divided into acts and scenes. After this era, the English drama developed gradually into regular form of drama which flourish during Elizabethan reign and which known till today.
Answer:
The origin of English drama seems vague. There is no certain evidence proving its origin. However, it can be traced back from century of succeeding Norman Conquest to England on 1066. Many historians believe that drama came to England along with them. There was information that when the Roman where in England, they established vast amphitheatre for production some plays, but when they left, the theatre gone with them
Originally, the term drama came from Greek word meaning “action” or “to act” or “to do”. William J. Long argues that “drama is an old story told in the eye, a story put into action by living performers”. Thus, drama is the form of composition design for performance in the theatre, in which the actors take role for certain characters, perform certain action and utter certain dialogues (Abrams and Harpham, 2015:95).
In England, drama had a distinctly religious origin from the church as the part of services. Apart from its origin, the Latin Church had condemned Roman theatre for many reasons. Thus, drama could not develop until tenth century when the church began to use dramatic elements as part of their services in the certain festival or ritual. The motives of the church began to use dramatics elements seem unclear. But, it was certain that the purpose was didactic, that is, to give deep understanding about the truth of their religion to the believer.