--- tags: DramaSix, class --- # The Melodramatic Stage ### Arc of the class ### Questions to Consider _Question_ What were the major features of the melodrama as first defined by Guilbert de Pixérécourt and how did the melodrama differ from other theatrical types that preceded it? _Question_ While French Romantic playwrights drew on innovations in acting, staging and dramaturgy first developed in the melodrama, the results were very different. In what ways was Romantic drama different from melodrama? _Question_ How did the use of tableaux in melodrama differ from Lillo’s use of tableaux in The London Merchant?