Abstract
SUMMARY One may wonder why such a small number of plays has been written in any given Bantu language. The reason lies in the fact that drama is indeed a difficult verbal form of art to create because each principle of structure must be dramatic. In many studies, some of them recent, al I manner of traditional activities is seen as traditional drama. This is refuted; the following definition and character i sties of drama is rather suggested to tipify any play: A play is a fictional unity of structural principles that come about by way of the vertical or horizontal1) ordering of dramatic dialogue interactions. The primary building block of a play is a dramatic sentence termed a content. In a play a character delivers one or more dialogue contents—this is called a dialogue action. In the same manner the addressee-character reacts by delivering a dialogue reaction. Both these constitute a dialogue interaction. Dialogue interactions make up a dialogue situation and so on. In this way the external structure co...
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