In drama and film thumb|Play poster from 1899. Similarly to other forms of literature, proverbs have also been used as important units of language in drama and films. This is true from the days of classical Greek worksRusso, Joseph. 1983. The Poetics of the Ancient Greek Proverb. Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 20, No. 2/3, pp. 121–130 to old FrenchWandelt, Oswin. 1887. Sprichwörter und Sentenzen des altfranzösischen Dramas (1100–1400. Dissertation at Marburg Fr. Sömmering. to Shakespeare,Wilson, F.P. 1981. The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare. In The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb, ed. by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes, pp. 174–189. New York: Garland. to 19th Century Spanish,Françoise Cazal. 2012. Los refranes en el Auto de Caín y Abel, de Jaime Ferruz: frontera entre texto dramático y enunciado proverbial. Paremia 21: 21–32.Electronic form 19th century Russian,Grylack, B. R. (1975). The function of proverbs in the dramatic works of Aleksandr Nikolaevic Ostrovskij. New York University doctoral dissertation. to today. The use of proverbs in drama and film today is still found in languages around the world, with plenty of examples from Africa,Adeoti, Gbemisola. "The loudness of the “Unsaid”: Proverbs in selected African drama." Legon Journal of the Humanities 30, no. 1 (2019): 82–104. including YorùbáAkíntúndé Akínyemi. 2007. The use of Yorùbá proverbs in Alin Isola's historical drama Madam Tinubu: Terror in Lagos. Proverbium 24:17–37.Yusuf, Habibat Fayoke, and Tayo Lamidi. "Translation Strategies of Proverbs in Selected Yoruba Nollywood Epic Movies." Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies 28, no. 1 (2018): 155–171. and IgboEzenwamadu, Nkechi Judith. "The Use of Proverbs i Zulu Sofola's King Emene." Online Journal of Arts, Management & Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (2017).Ezenwamadu, Nkechi Judith, and Chinyere Theodora Ojiakor. "Proverbs and Postproverbial Stance in Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze and Zulu Sofola." Matatu 51, no. 2 (2020): 432–447. of Nigeria.
In drama and film thumb|Play poster from 1899. Similarly to other forms of literature, proverbs have also been used as important units of language in drama and films. This is true from the days of classical Greek worksRusso, Joseph. 1983. The Poetics of the Ancient Greek Proverb. Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 20, No. 2/3, pp. 121–130 to old FrenchWandelt, Oswin. 1887. Sprichwörter und Sentenzen des altfranzösischen Dramas (1100–1400. Dissertation at Marburg Fr. Sömmering. to Shakespeare,Wilson, F.P. 1981. The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare. In The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb, ed. by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes, pp. 174–189. New York: Garland. to 19th Century Spanish,Françoise Cazal. 2012. Los refranes en el Auto de Caín y Abel, de Jaime Ferruz: frontera entre texto dramático y enunciado proverbial. Paremia 21: 21–32.Electronic form 19th century Russian,Grylack, B. R. (1975). The function of proverbs in the dramatic works of Aleksandr Nikolaevic Ostrovskij. New York University doctoral dissertation. to today. The use of proverbs in drama and film today is still found in languages around the world, with plenty of examples from Africa,Adeoti, Gbemisola. "The loudness of the “Unsaid”: Proverbs in selected African drama." Legon Journal of the Humanities 30, no. 1 (2019): 82–104. including YorùbáAkíntúndé Akínyemi. 2007. The use of Yorùbá proverbs in Alin Isola's historical drama Madam Tinubu: Terror in Lagos. Proverbium 24:17–37.Yusuf, Habibat Fayoke, and Tayo Lamidi. "Translation Strategies of Proverbs in Selected Yoruba Nollywood Epic Movies." Ibadan Journal of Humanistic Studies 28, no. 1 (2018): 155–171. and IgboEzenwamadu, Nkechi Judith. "The Use of Proverbs i Zulu Sofola's King Emene." Online Journal of Arts, Management & Social Sciences 2, no. 1 (2017).Ezenwamadu, Nkechi Judith, and Chinyere Theodora Ojiakor "Proverbs and Postproverbial Stance in Selected Plays of Emeka Nwabueze and Zulu Sofola." Matatu 51, no. 2 (2020): 432–447. of Nigeria.