One and a Half Hour for Drama Dummies

That was the shortest one and a half hour I’ve ever felt.

Ashamed of my shallowness in English literature and more specifically, in dramas and theatres, I listened tentatively for that one and a half hour – a detailed guide for newbies like me to get to know the development of theatres and plays.

I discovered my total ignorance of the subject that I’ve learnt since foundation years when I wow-ed all the way through the lecture on development and history of theatre.

“The development of theatre actually dated back to Greek history and Aristotle time??”

I was speechless and at the same time laughed at myself because all these while, I thought that the most classical and oldest literature in human history would be something like Shakespeare. It had never come to my mind that theatre was actually the most traditional part in English literature and it had certainly, never occurred to me that it would date back before century.

Therefore that one and a half hour was a big slap on my face and a big realization for dummies like me. Besides discovering that I will have to do a lot of homework on researching, I think I will enjoy myself tremendously for this course. Not because of the humour that the lecturer sometimes cracked in class out of sudden, but the new things and knowledge that I will get during this getting-to-know dramas and theatres sessions. =)

The introduction for today was indeed a very successful one, and I’m looking forward for more.