Contribution Quote by Eric Bentley

Melodrama is one of the most stunning art forms. These are stories where the emotions are big, and the situations are big, and the…

— James Gray

“In serious Victorian fiction, as in Shakespearian tragedy, melodrama normally functions as metaphor. The author finds a vivid equivalent for a reality too elaborate…

— Ian Gregor

Farce is nearer tragedy in its essence than comedy is.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Tragedy and comedy involve an audience, so they must give--sharing themselves to elicit tears and laughter. Melodrama is not such a strategist. It meets…

— Yiyun Li

I like melodrama because it is situated just at the meeting point between life and theater.

— Luchino Visconti

If I had to say the secret recipe for acting melodrama, I think it comes from myself in real life. I have a belief…

— Song Joong-ki

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.

— Chuck Jones

Melodrama and melodramatic are not the same thing, and often people make the mistake of confusing the two.

— James Gray

“This then was English fiction, this was English criticism, and farce, after all, was but an ill-played tragedy.”

— Arthur Machen

I define melodrama as truth uninhibited. It's the kind of truth we dream about. Rather than melodrama being exaggerated, it's actually uninhibited. And it's…

— Guy Maddin

I tend to avoid melodrama. I try to create very realistic settings and very realistic experiences and realistic responses to these experiences. Melodrama is…

— Nicholas Sparks

Parsi theater was known for melodrama.

— Irrfan Khan