By the start of the 20th century more serious drama was being staged.

It's nothing new that a serious drama is hard to sell on Broadway, but this one seems harder than most.

The same story, more or less, told two different ways - as serious drama and as comedy.

Gilbert vowed never to write another serious drama again, although eventually he did.

There have been successful legal dramas both serious and comedic.

Before Ibsen, ordinary language was not used in serious drama.

In later centuries music was used for all types of serious drama.

Real life was grim enough to make serious drama less attractive than it would have been in better times.

That it has opened should be a relief to anyone concerned with serious American drama.

But his idea of fun was not really to see a serious drama.