ABSTRACT The title of the thesis is: “Written Igbo Drama: A Critical Analysis”. The study examines the origin of written Igbo drama; traces the factors that facilitated its growth and examines the prevalent motifs that helped to sustain its development to a matured form of art. It further seeks to identify the various events and situations that have informed the themes of written Igbo drama at three specific periods and proves that to some extent, written Igbo drama has influenced people�...