Drama is a composition that can be in prose or verse and is represented through gestures and costumes. It involves individuals or groups using their bodies and minds to portray stories. The document then provides a historical overview of the development of drama from ancient to modern times and across different cultures and regions, including Renaissance drama in England, modern drama pioneered by Ibsen, and traditional dramas from the Philippines, Japan, and China.

1. The Drama

3. Drama is a composition of
prose or in verse, adapted
to be active and is
represented with
accompanying gesture and
custome .
Drama is an individual or
a group of people who
use themselves their
bodies and their minds .

4. Drama
Development of

5. Ancient Drama- a
drama existed in
religious ceremonies
for the worship of
Osiris.
Medieval Drama- a
drama that
distinguished from the
miracle play , which
dealt with the life of a
saint or a miracle of the
virgin.

6. Renaissance Drama- a
drama that is most
brilliant in English
chiefly because of the
reign of Elizabeth I.
Drama of the 17th, 18th, and 19th
centuries- a drama that is
casual charm of
Elizabeth died out under
the Puritan regime.

7. Modern Drama- a drama that
should credits Ibsen, a Norwegian
dramatist .

8. MODERN
PHILIPPINE
DRAMA

9. Cenaculo – a heavy drama shown
in relation in the life sacrifices
and death of Jesus Christ.
Moro- Moro – a cloak and dagger
play depicting the wars
between the Christian and the
Muslims, with the Christians
always on the winning side.
Philippine Drama

10. Zarzuela- it is a melodrama
with songs and dances that
have a three-in-one-act play .
Moriones- a Lenten ritual that
is as colorful as it is unique.
It is celebrated every Holy
Week in Marinduque , an
island at the southern end
of Luzon.

11. Ati-Atihan– a pagan ritual which has
become an annual affair that the natives
look forward to with great expectation.

12. Japanese Drama
Noh Plays – are poetic
treatments of history , love
story, war story, and legends,
influenced by the religious
beliefs of Buddhism and
Shintoism.
Joruri Plays- a puppet
drama. A drama that
involves puppet
manipulation to a higher
level involving complicated
skills.

13. KABUKI DRAMA- It is the
most popular form of Japanese Drama . It
originated at the end of the 16th century.

14. Chinese DRAMA
Vun Pan Shi
 The oldest form of
Chinese Play , it has
patriotism and filial
devotion for its
subjects. Music and
action unite to play
upon the emotion of
the audience.
SIN PAN SHI
 It presents civil and
military condition. The
difference between
Vun Pan Shi and Sin
Pan Shi is not the
libretto, but in the
manner of singing
certain roles and in the
tradition of acting.

15. VUN MIN SHI
* This is also known as the modern play.
Colloquial dialects are allowed in the Vun Min Shi
instead of mandarin, the dialect of Peking, which
is the accepted speech of the stage as well as
the nation.

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Prepared by:
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