A drama is a story enacted onstage for a live audience.
Dramatic structure
Like the plot of the story, the plot of a play involves characters who face a problem or conflict. Conflict is a struggle.
Tragedy
A tragedy is a play that ends unhappily
Comedy
A comedy is a play that ends happily. The plot usually centers on a romantic conflict.
Modern comedy
in modern comedies, the genders in this romantic plot pattern sometimes are reversed.
Modern Drama
A modern play, it may be a mix of tragedy, comedy, or it maybe be just by itself
Performance of a play
When you read a play, remember that it is meant to be performed for an audience.
Setting the stage
Stages can have many different sizes and layouts. It is usually surrounded by an audience on all sides. However the stage is set up you can predict a bit how its going to go.
The characters
The characters speech may take any of the following forms
The audience
The audience experiences the performance, understands the story, and responds to the characters.