This ten-page paper discusses drama in the modern world. Moreover, the research paper analysis the contents, theme and identifies the purpose and the history behind a good few plays by the African-American playwright Derek Walcott and six more plays by other playwrights including Luis F., Gonzalez Cruz, Ann Waggoner Aken, Teresa Cajiao Salas and Margarita Vargas. The paper also brings out the similarities between the plays selected for discussion and the modern world drama. The works cited-page appends seven sources in MLA format.10-pages, bibliography lists 7 sources.