Abstract
This article is devoted to the problems of the development of Kazakh drama. The subject of research in the article is the history of the formation of theatrical art on the territory of Kazakhstan. In the study, the dramatic works of Kazakh literature are considered, which have reached a qualitative breakthrough in the development of topics and genre. The main goal is to determine the artistic features of Kazakh drama, its poetics, as well as to analyze the essence of the traditions of the genre-poetic process, stylistic features and general themes of dramatic works. To achieve this goal, the following methods were used: analysis, generalization, comparative, comparative-historical, etc.