By dramatizing social and ethical problems, Galsworthy made considerable achievements in his plays such as The Silver Box(1906)and Strife(1910),in which Galsworthy presents not only realistic pictures of social injustice,but also the workers'heroic struggles against their employers
❖ By dramatizing social and ethical problems, Galsworthy made considerable achievements in his plays such as The Silver Box (1906) and Strife (1910), in which Galsworthy presents not only realistic pictures of social injustice, but also the workers' heroic struggles against their employers
4.W.B.Yeats W.B.Yeats,a prominent poet of the 20th century,was the leader of the Irish National Theater Movement. He was a verse playwright who desired to restore lyrical drama to popularity
❖ 4. W. B. Yeats ❖ W. B. Yeats, a prominent poet of the 20th century, was the leader of the Irish National Theater Movement. ❖ He was a verse playwright who desired to restore lyrical drama to popularity
With the heroic portrayal of spiritual truth as his main concern,Yeats wrote a number of verse plays,introducing Irish myths and folk legends;but the plot in his plays was seldom very dramatic
❖ With the heroic portrayal of spiritual truth as his main concern, Yeats wrote a number of verse plays, introducing Irish myths and folk legends; but the plot in his plays was seldom very dramatic
*5.T.S.Eliot The 1930s witnessed a revival of poetic drama in England. 必 One of the early experimenters was T.S. Eliot who regarded drama as the best medium of poetry
❖ 5. T. S. Eliot ❖ The 1930s witnessed a revival of poetic drama in England. ❖ One of the early experimenters was T. S. Eliot who regarded drama as the best medium of poetry
Eliot wrote several verse plays and made a considerable success. Murder in the Cathedral(1935),with its purely dramatic power,remains the most popular of his verse plays,in spite of its primarily religious purpose
❖ Eliot wrote several verse plays and made a considerable success. ❖ Murder in the Cathedral (1935), with its purely dramatic power, remains the most popular of his verse plays, in spite of its primarily religious purpose