1 - Realism and naturalism are considered to be the cornerstones of modern drama .
2- Some of the key characteristics include; rising action, exposition, falling action and a climax of the play.
3- Climax , The climax actually comes in the middle. This is the
turning point in the story where things begin to change for the
protagonist.
4- Lonleness : Many
plays in the modern drama delt with the idea of loneleness , and the
idea of the suffering of isolation and Aleination.
5- One of
theatre's greatest periods continues today. The modern period and its
drama were shaped by world-changing forces, such as
industrial-technological revolution, democratic revolutions, and an
intellectual revolution that would disrupt earlier conceptions of time,
space, the divine, human psychology, and social order. As a result, a
theatre of challenge and experimentation emerged.
6-Symbolism's
contestation of realism gave rise to an era of "isms," during which the
aesthetics of dramatic art assumed a new social and political
significance. Such "isms" became, in time, used consciously as
stylization in new dramatic formats.