Modern british drama and its major forms

In the history of twentieth century drama, modern British drama in English has occupied the most significant place. It perfectly exhibits the condition of a man in the present society. It heralded the birth of the new drama, and gave it a refreshing vitality which had almost reached the nadir of its fame as a powerful literary force. Realism and Naturalism are the most significant qualities that are primarily concentrated by the dramatists. The aim of the current paper is to discuss the features of modern British drama in English along with its practitioners such as Henrik Ibsen, the Norwegian dramatist, who invented ‘the problem play,’ discussed the problems of life in a realistic way and offered solutions to those problems, George Bernard Shaw, the greatest figure in introducing realism and naturalism in his plays, Thomas Stearn(s) Eliot, the greatest modern poet who inaugurated poetic drama, Arnold Wesker in whose the ‘Kitchen Sink Drama’ took its perfect shape, and Harold Pinter, the greatest dramatist of the twentieth century, who popularized ‘the theatre of the Absurd,’ a post-World War II designation that focuses largely on the idea of existentialism and expresses what happens when human existence has no meaning or purpose and therefore all communication breaks down.