Types of Drama
in
Literature
Presented by: Julie Ann Arnaldo Bongares
BSED-ENGLISH 3-E
MC LIT 6
7 Types of Drama
Comedy
Farce
Tragedy
Tragi-comedy
Melodrama
Opera
Musical
Comedy
Comedy is a type or genre of drama that is intended to make
people laugh. However, humour is not the only quality that
signifies a comedy.
Examples:
The Old Couple
Pride and Prejudice
The Importance of Being Earnest
Farce
Farce is a humorous play in which the characters
become involved in complicated and unlikely situations
Examples:
The Comedy of Errors
The Taming of the Shrew
Tragedy
Tragedy is a type of literature, especially drama, that is
serious and sad, and often ends with the death of the main
character.
Examples:
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William
Shakespeare; Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman
Tragi-comedy
Tragi-comedy are more than just tragedy and comedy blended
together, usually with the tragic predominating. It is a play or other
written work that is both sad and amusing.
Examples:
Samuel Beckett’s Endgame (1958)
Harold Pinter’s The Dumb-Waiter (1960)
Melodrama
Melodramas are an exaggerated kind of drama in literature, in
which conventional one-dimensional characters such as
heroes, heroines, and villains contend with exciting,
passionate, and frequently deadly situations.
Examples:
Big Fish (2003),
Moulin Rouge (2001),
Ghost (1990)
Opera
An opera is a type of drama where the actors sing the lines or
dialogues instead of speaking them.
Examples:
Mark-Anthony Turnage The Silver Tassie (2002)
Tobias Picker Emmeline (1996)
Oliver Knussen Higglety Pigglety Pop! (1985)
Musical
Musicals are different from opera. While lines in opera are sung,
dialogues in musicals are infused with music and performances.
Examples:
Miss Saigon
Les Miserables
Phantom of the Opera
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