Episode 152: As the Saying Goes
The History of English Podcast
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Drama in the 15th Century
John heywood was a poet and playwright who lived at a time when mediaeval drama was evolving into the art form that became so ar in elizabethan england. Many of the basic terms we associate with drama to day came from the greeks, including theatre, prologue, protagonist, antagonist,. scene, episode,episode, thespian and dialogue. The words comedy and tragedy can be found in late middle english, but drama is first recorded in English in the 15 twenties.
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