Dictionary:
noun
1. a work to be performed by actors on stage, radio, or television; play
2. the genre of literature represented by works intended for the stage
Textbook:
An embodied work of art (literature), meant to be seen and performed.
Quotations by Actors, Playwrights, and Screenwriters:
• "Drama is life with the dull bits cut out." Alfred Hitchcock
• "The drama is make-believe. It does not deal with the truth but with effect." W. Somerset Maugham
• "Life is full of internal dramas, instantaneous and sensational, played to an audience of one." Anthony Powell
• “Acted drama requires surrender of one's self, sympathetic absorption in the play as it develops.” George P. Baker
• “Back through the ages of barbarism and civilization, in all tongues, we find this instinctive pleasure in the imitative action that is the very essence of all drama.”
• “Drama is action, sir, action and not confounded philosophy.” Luigi Pirandello
• “Everyone sees drama from his own perspective.” Jean-Marie Le Pen
• “The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.” Gwyneth Paltrow
• “I want to give the audience a hint of a scene. No more than that. Give them too much and they won't contribute anything themselves. Give them just a suggestion and you get them working with you. That's what gives the theater meaning: when it becomes a social act.” Orson Welles
Some additional notes from class discussion:
- Focus on dialogue/monologue
- Collaborative/Community
- Acted out/meant to be seen
