3.3 Definition of Drama
There are many definitions of drama.
Martin Esslin in Anatomy of Drama has the following definitions of
drama:
1. Drama can be seen as a manifestation of the play instinct as in
children who are playing mother and father.
2. Drama is something one goes to see, which is organized as
something to be seen.
3. It is an enacted fiction an art form based on mimetic action.
4. In arts, drama is the most elegant expression of thought nearest to
the truth (reality).
5. It is the most concrete form in which art can recreate human
situation, human relationship