The development of dramatic art. [electronic resource]

Includes bibliographical references.

The origin of Greek tragedy: Aeschylus -- Sophocles -- Euripides -- The origin of Greek comedy: Aristophanes, Menander -- Latin comedy -- The origin of Medieval drama: French Medieval drama -- English Medieval drama: Kyd, Marlowe, Shakespeare -- Seneca -- Italian tragedy of the Renaissance -- Italian comedy of the Renaissance: the Pastoral -- French comedy of the Renaissance and the seventeenth century -- French tragedy of the Renaissance: Hardy -- French tragedy of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries -- Tearful comedy: Domestic drama -- German drama of the eighteenth century -- French melodrama: French romantic drama -- French realistic drama: The problem play -- Naturalistic drama -- German fate-tragedy: Hebbel, Ibsen -- Russian drama -- Synthetic dramatic art: The new stagecraft -- Symbolism: Expressionism.

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