part one inteoduction
Ⅰtypes of drama
1.1 teagedy
1.2 comedy
Ⅱ elements of drama
2.1 dialogue
2.2 story
2.3 character
2.4 action
Ⅲ A brief history of anglish drama
3.1 medieval drama
3.2 elizabethan drama
3.3 18th-century drama
3.4 19th-century drama
3.5 20th-century drama
part two selected readings of english drama
1.wnonymous:eueryman
2.chrictopher marlowe:doctor faustus
3.william shakespeare:macbeth
4.richard brinsley sheridan:the riuals
5.oscar wilde:the importance of being earnest
6.george bermard shaw:warrdn's profession
7.samuel beckett:all that fall
Appendix A Glossary of dramatic terms