Characteristics of modern English drama

  • The ‘new drama’was to be known for their revolutionary ideas and a new mind-set.
  • Modern drama brought with itself, the challenge for male authority.The ‘new drama’ was to be known for their revolutionary ideas and a new mind-set.
  • Class justice was the theme in modern English drama.
  • Another noteworthy feature of the modern drama, was the emergence of the “New Woman”, a new breed which was educated, intellectual, bold and assertive.
  • Realism was the also major theme of modern English drama.
  • Modern drama deals with the middle class, and lower class of English society.