Must-Prepare Topics for Modern Drama

THE WILD DUCK by HENRIK IBSEN

1. Theme of Illusion and Reality
2. Symbolism
3. Dramatic Irony
4. Plot and Structure
5. An Assessment of Ibsen as a Dramatist

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by OSCAR WILDE

1. An Artificial Comedy / A Farcical Comedy
2. Wit and Dialogues
3. Plot Construction
4. Portrayal of Female Characters

PYGMALION by GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

1. A Problem Play / Drama of Ideas
2. Theme
3. Ending of the Play
4. Comic Elements
5. Bernard Shaw as a Dramatist

WAITING FOR GODOT by SAMUEL BECKETT

1. A Tragic Comedy
2. Theme of Time and Identity
3. As an Absurd Play
4. Who is Godot?
5. Symbolism
6. Samuel Beckett as A Dramatist

LOOK BACK IN ANGER by JOHN OSBORNE

1. Character Sketches of Jimmy and Alison
2. Bear and Squirrel Episode
3. Theme of the Play
4. A Psychological Play
5. Plot Construction

THE CARETAKER by HAROLD PINTER

1. As an Absurd Play
2. Role of Dream and Illusion
3. Realism / Social Criticism

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• Trends in Modern Drama
• Comedy of Manners
• Problem Plays / Drama of Ideas
• Theatre of the Absurd

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