Modern drama is not a completely new product, but has come into existence at a stage of the

continuous process of literary evolution. In course of time, the taste of man has changed, and so
has changed the culture. With the spread of education and with the development of greater
international relations, foreign influences have exercised their impact on the public mind, and as
in the case of politics, so in the field of literary activities English men excitedly welcomed what
tasted anew. While the origin of English drama took place in the Miracle, Morality and Mystery
plays in the middle English period, it could not overcome its juvenile status until the renascence.
The renascence in Europe flourished with the dissemination of the literature and other arts of
ancient Greece and Rome, and the impact of the Greek drama, in particular, changed the character
of English drama. The drama as a literary form reached its peak in the hands of Shakespeare, who
still remains unassailable. During the time Shakespeare wrote, and in later years, drama went
through numerous experiments, and modern drama is a product of the ceaseless efforts made by
the dramatists, famous or not so famous.