诗剧是西方文化中一个古老的文学形式。在古希腊文化中,那些最伟大的戏剧作品几乎都是诗剧,在中世纪,诗剧用于基督教的宗教剧,到了文艺复兴时期,英国剧作家威廉·莎士比亚(1564-1616)将英国的诗剧推向了顶峰;二十世纪30年代,T.S艾略特(1888-1965)的《大教堂谋杀案》给英国剧坛带来一道靓丽的风景,英国戏剧进入了诗剧复苏阶段。 Poetry drama is an ancient literary form in western culture. In the ancient Greek culture, almost all of the greatest dramatic productions were poetry. In the Middle Ages, poetry was used in Christian religious drama. By the Renaissance, English dramatist William Shakespeare (1564-1616) In the 1930s, the “Cathedral Murder” by TS Eliot (1888-1965) brought a beautiful scenery to the English theater and the British drama entered the stage of recovery of the drama.