PART I DRAMA AS TEXT/9
Unit 1 Stage Direction/10
Unit 2 Dialogue/22
Unit 3 Character/32
Unit 4 Action /43
PART II VARIETIES OF DRAMA /55
Unit 5Tragedy/56
Unit 6Comedy/68
Unit 7History Play/82
Unit 8 Musical/94
PART III EXPERIMENTS IN DRAMA/109
Unit 9 Expressionism in Drama/111
Unit 10 Theatre of the Absurd/122
Unit 11 Feminist Theatre /133
Unit 12 Postmodern Drama/144
PART IV DRAMA AS PERFORMANCE /157
Unit 13 Dramaturgy /158
Unit 14 Theatrical Space/172
Unit 15 Acting /187
Unit 16 Theatre Criticism /202
Appendix 1 A List of the Selected Plays/214
Appendix 2 Useful Electronic Resources/215
Appendix 3 Drama/Theatre Studies Journals/216
Selected Bibliography /217
