The History of Drama from the Romantic Period to Modern Times.

DRAMA FROM THE ROMANTIC PERIOD TO MODERN TIMES Drama has revolutionized our era from the Romantic Period to the modern times with its vast developments over the years. Until the nineteenth century, most European playwrights "drew their tragic plots from ancient myths or legendary history" (Berggren 1). The choices of the dramatic subjects demonstrated that truly important things only happened to people with a high social status amongst society. In the Romantic Period (1785-1830), interest in …

…be a practiced form of art, as well as entertainment for many centuries to come. WORKS CITED OR CONSULTED: Berggren, Barbara. "Nineteenth-Century Theatre: Toward the Modern Drama." 10 February 2003. <http://newman.baruch.cuny.edu/digital/2000/c_n_c/toc/> Evans, Ifor. A Short History of English Drama. London: Macgibbon & Kee, 1965. Kerensky, Oleg. The New British Drama. New York: Taplinger Press, 1979. Sanders, Andrew. The Short Oxford History of English Literature. New York: Clarendon Press, 1994.