FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
THE POETRY OF JOHN MILTON
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it can be acted out on a very small stage.
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it was written to be read but not acted upon a stage.
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people will read it in secret and not publically admit they read it.
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it was written to be acted in a church.
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Detailed explanation-1: -closet drama, a drama suited primarily for reading rather than production. Examples of the genre include John Milton’s Samson Agonistes (1671) and Thomas Hardy’s The Dynasts (three parts, 1903–08). Closet drama is not to be confused with readers’ theatre, in which actors read or recite without decor before an audience.
Detailed explanation-2: -Margaret Lucas Cavendish, author of fourteen folio volumes, explored writing closet dramas during her exile and became one of the best known women playwrights due to her interest in philosophical nature.
Detailed explanation-3: -Samson Agonistes, (Greek: “Samson the Athlete” or “Samson the Wrestler”) tragedy by John Milton, published in the same volume as his epic Paradise Regained in 1671. It is considered the greatest English drama based on the Greek model and is known as a closet tragedy (one more suited for reading than performance).
Detailed explanation-4: -Senecan tragedy, body of nine closet dramas (i.e., plays intended to be read rather than performed), written in blank verse by the Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca in the 1st century ad.