Discussion Topic Think about the experiences you've had with dramatic texts, including seeing live
performances or film adaptations. How does the era in which a play was written affect
your ability to enjoy it or understand it? How is it different to read or see a play written
more than two millennia ago (such as tragedies and comedies from ancient Greece)
compared to a few centuries ago (for example, Shakespeare or others from the
Renaissance) or one produced in the last 100 years?
Is there something like a modern sensibility to more recently written dramatic works
that helps you connect better to them than to works from past centuries? Are there
traits in older forms of drama that engage you because they are NOT modern?
Describe the traits of drama that keep you engaged as well as characteristics that
make it challenging to do so.