-The Dramatic Theory

-Early 20th c.

-traveled to Europe in a state of boredom

-revitalized american theatre

-spontaneous inspiration

-imitation is te only way to learn

-fantasy

-ritual

-myth

-theater

-divine gift from the Brahama( god of creation)

-The Natya Sastra- details of movements and expressions to portray emotions. everything must be detailed to the extreme. canon of dance and drama

-The Ramayama (Ram's journey)- and Mahabharata (family torn by war---epic poems/stories

-spoke against south africa

-kicked out of area

-performed plays about apartheid

-his family ran a boarding house when he was young

-uses two actors

-chorus is down to 12

-creates the trilogy

-writes the Oresteia

-Contemporary American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian-American dramatist in the US

-M. Butterfly

-3 actors

-chorus is 15

-creates model for Aristotle's definition of Tragedy

-writes antigone and oedipus cylce

-the poetics- views on theatre and stories

-story: plot, character, thought, diction, melody, spectacle

-thespis: dialogue needed to win competition; proclaimed first theatrical prodcution

-dithyrambs: gathering and singing in unison

-many characters and roles

-specific social questions

-pro-women

-psychologically complex

-writes medea