Understanding Drama videos

Use online video to understand and appreciate plays as works of literature interpreted in dramatic performances. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills .... simultaneously!

Use these Literature as an Art videos entitled Understanding Drama to understand and appreciate plays as works of literature interpreted in dramatic performances and the works of playwrights in all dramatic forms.

Use our 5 online educational videos to explore theatre as both a literary form and a performance art. Survey the works of playwrights in all dramatic forms: tragedy, drama, melodrama, comedy, and farce. Examine the elements of dramatic structure: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution. Understand the challenges of writing for the stage and the factors considered in transforming a script into "live" theatre.

Learning Objectives:

• Explore theatre as both a literary form and a performance art, gaining insight to plays as works of literature interpreted in dramatic performances.
• Understand the challenges of writing for the stage and the factors considered in transforming a script into "live" theatre.
• Examine the elements of dramatic structure: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution.
• Survey the works of playwrights in all dramatic forms: tragedy, drama, melodrama, comedy, and farce.

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• Understanding Drama Part 1 (Runtime: 17:57)
• Understanding Drama Part 2 (Runtime: 15:19)
• Drama of the 20th Century Part 1 (Runtime: 04:23)
• Drama of the 20th Century Part 2 (Runtime: 19:41)
• Drama of the 20th Century Part 3 (Runtime: 14:36)