TYPES AND FUNCTIONS OF PLAY/DRAMA

TYPES OF PLAY/DRAMA

There are about four types of drama/play but the two types are the major ones of the four

TRAGEDY: It is a type of drama that involves seriousness of actions/issues and leads the hero of the drama to endanger his life or ending to death or isolation. E.g. “An enemy of the people” and “Death of a salesman”

COMEDY: It is a kind of drama which uses humorous/funny actions that can make people laugh. It is normally characterized by mistaken identity as well as happy ending.  TRAGICOMEDY: It is the combination of both seriousness and humour but never the hero to die even when he is faced with dangerous situations.

MELO DRAMA: This involves excitement of actions very exaggerated and musical sounds, elements in the play for entertainment.

FUNCTIONS OF DRAMA

i.                    To educate people

ii.                  Entertaining functions, i.e to make people happy

iii.                To preserve and identify people`s culture

iv.                Brings hope, especially to people who are disappointed by different things. Through watching drama one can get hope.

v.                  Provides experiences towards the real-life experiences

FUNCTIONS OF MUSIC IN DRAMA

a) It helps the audiences to concentrate the stage

b) It accompanies the actions

c) It used to show whether the action is sad or happy

d) It is used to attract the audiences and pay attention

e) It is used to entertain the beginning and end of action.

f) It is used to entertain the audiences

g) It is used to increase the mood of the actor and actress

h) Used to identify the culture