1. Tragedy andDrama Comes from Greek wordDran (to do). It is, as Aristotle defined it, animitation of action. Drama is different from fictionbecause it is a staged act.David Tennant and Sir PatrickStewart starring in Hamlet,2011. Plays are written to beperformed and viewed. Like fiction possess anarrative dimension

2. The Words In Plays Dame Diana Rigg starring inHedda Gabler, 1981.You can read plays, butneed to keep the literaryand theatrical dimensionsin mind. Plays will narrate a storyin form of a plot. Like fiction it will rely ondialogue and description. 3. Drama and Experience Drama is a mimetic art, which imitates orrepresents human life and experiences. Viewers have active engagement with theactors on stage through their speech andmovements. Drama is primarily a verbal art. 4. Drama Drama is immediate; even if a play has aflashback, it is brought into the present forviewers to see. The great pleasure of drama is its ability toshow human life in a meaningful way. The interactions of characters and how theyrespond and relate to one another becomesthe source of meaning for the play. 5. Drama and The Stage Drama is a composite artthat makes use of otherforms. Architecture, lighting,shadowing, etc cangreatly changeinterpretation. Music and sound can beadded. Katie Holmes and John Lithgowin All My Sons, 2008. 6. How To Read Drama Actually do the reading. Pay attention to elements ofperformance. Use imagination to hearvoice, stage placement, andgestures. If you directed, how wouldyou approach it?Eve Best and James Frain inThe Homecoming, 2007. 7. How To Read Drama Actually do the reading. Pay attention to elements ofperformance. Use imagination to hearvoice, stage placement, andgestures. If you directed, how wouldyou approach it?Eve Best and James Frain inThe Homecoming, 2007.