Different Forms of Play(Theater)

Play(Theater)

• a form of literature written by a playwright.

• Consist of scripted dialogue intended for theatrical performance.

• The term "play" can be either a general term, or more specifically refer to a non-musical play.

Different Forms of Play

THE COMEDY & THE TRAGIC

It has been said that:Tragedy is life viewed close at hand, andComedy is life viewed at a distance.Comedy is life to the person who thinks, andTradedy to the one that feels.

~ it only means, the same situation may seem tragic to one and comic to another or tragic at one time and comic at another

Comedy• The intent of a comedic play is to

make the audience laugh.

• The chief source of the comic is the incongruous, the unexpected.

• In modern theater, the humor is derived from real-life situations, to outrageous slapstick humor.

Characteristic of Comedy

Comedy is:• primarily intellectual.• highly specialized in its appeal.• detached.

Humor and Satire

• Humor is a matter of spirit rather than of words. Usually it has in it something of extravagance.

• Satire aims, or least pretend to aim at improvement. The satirist sees the vices and faults of the human race, and exposes them in a comic manner

Wit

-general name for those forms of the comic which have to do with words.

Diff. types under wit: • Spoonerisms• Malapropisms• Puns• Epigrams• Parody

-Spoonerism-

-named for one of its most distinguished exponents, the Reverend W. A. Spooner of Oxford, is the accidental transposition of the initial letters of two or more words.

-Malapropism-

-named, for Mrs. Malaprop in “The Rivals”, is the ludicrous misuse of a word for one resembling it.

-Pun-

- is a play on words which have the same sound or similar sounds but different meanings.

-Epigram-

- is a condensed, pithy statement.

-Parody-

- is an imitation, usually of a very well-known work. The parody imitates the model very closely but turns the original into ridiculous.

Tragedy

• Tragedy implies an unhappy unfortunate ending to a series of events.

• These plays often involve death and are designed to cause the reader or viewer to feel sadness.

• In ancient times, a tragedy was often a historical dramas featuring the downfall of a great man.

Characteristic of Tragedy

Tragedy is:• Emotional• Demands a sense of a inevitability• Lives in a world where every deed brings its

consequences and values are triumphant.

Natures of the Tragic

• Implies a sudden reversal in prospects, a drop from high estate to a low one.

• The necessity for the death of the protagonist –the hero or heroine

• Tragedy leaves one in a state of grief but also of positive exaltation.

Other types of play below Comedy and Tragedy