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Shakespearean problem play. In Shakespeare studies, the problem plays are plays written by William Shakespeare which are characterized by their complex and ambiguous tone, which shifts violently between more straightforward comic material and dark, psychological drama.
- Problem play
The critic F. S. Boas adapted the term to characterise...
- Shakespeare's plays
Shakespeare's plays are a canon of approximately 39 dramatic...
- Problem play
Although Shakespeare experts don’t always agree, the plays generally called problem plays are: All’s Well that Ends Well; Measure for Measure; The Merchant of Venice; Timon of Athens; Troilus and Cressida; The Winter’s Tale; So what exactly makes a problem play? In the problem plays the journey we take when we watch them we take on a dark ...
Problem play, type of drama that developed in the 19th century to deal with controversial social issues in a realistic manner, to expose social ills, and to stimulate thought and discussion on the part of the audience. The genre had its beginnings in the work of the French dramatists Alexandre.
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Shakespeare's problem plays eschew the traditional trappings of both comedy and tragedy, and are sometimes cited as early predecessors to the tragicomedy. The term was coined by critic F. S. Boas in Shakespeare and his Predecessors (1896).
In Shakespeare studies, the problem plays are plays written by William Shakespeare which are characterized by their complex and ambiguous tone, which shifts violently between more straightforward comic material and dark, psychological drama.
