Drama Term Tuesday #6
/Victorian Drama
Notable for technical innovation but is tended to be dismissed for its approach and content.
During the reign of Queen Victoria which covered most of the 19th century, English drama showed the ascendancy of actors and managers and the lowering of the status and importance of playwrights. There was a move to entertainments and popular theatre forms such as music hall and a preference for melodrama, domestic tragedy and sentimental comedy.
