Drama is a comprehensive art, and script creation, director, performance, beauty of dance, lighting and criticism are indispensable. China's traditional drama is not drama, and some western traditional dramas, such as ancient Greek dramas, are not strictly dramas because of their extensive use of chorus. Modern western stage plays are generally dramas if they are not labeled as musicals, operas, etc.
Sketch refers to a short play performance, a solo performance or a combination performance that expresses a relatively simple scene or artistic image through body and language.
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Drama is a foreign form of drama transplanted to China, and China's drama came into being because of the need of social change. Drama was originally introduced from the west, and its English name was drama. At first, the Chinese translations of dramas used new dramas, civilized dramas and other names.
From 65438 to 0920, Bernard Shaw's famous drama "The Occupation of Mrs. Warren" was staged on the new stage in Shanghai and the People's Drama Society was established, which marked the official stage of China. Throughout the 1920s, the word "drama" was basically equivalent to the later "drama".
1928, director Hong Shen proposed to name it drama, in order to unify all kinds of appellations about this new art form, and to distinguish it from traditional China opera, and to stand tall in the China art world with independent artistic character and brand-new posture.
Drama is a drama with dialogue and action as the main means of expression, which is generally called drama in European countries. China's early dramas came into being in 1907 and were called "new dramas" or "civilized dramas" at that time, but the new dramas gradually declined after the Revolution of 1911. After the May 4th Movement, European drama was introduced into China, and modern drama in China rose. At that time, it was called "American drama", "white drama" or "true new drama" 1928, playwright Hong Shen put forward the name "drama". Famous plays include The Merchant of Venice.
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Baidu encyclopedia drama entry