Based on their genres, aesthetic and soc ial values, playsrnmay be classified as epic, abs urd , cruelty, morality,rnhistori cal, religious , revolutionary and the like. structurallyrnalso , two approaches - the conventional o r Aristotelian andrnunconventional , fo r instance, Brechtian methods are most oftenrnexcercised by various practitioners.rnThe pu r pose of this thesis is to see the appropriaternapplication of both the conventional a nd unconventionalrndramatic structures in some of the select ed pl ays of Tsegaye.rnIn the introduct ory part o f this work, the generalrnassessment of other resea rchers' ana lysis on the plays of thernsame a uthor is reviewed . The next theoretical chapte r discussesrnthe rules and principles of both the conventional and Brechtianrnepic playwriting .rnIn th is section , the nature o f Fr eytag's Pyramid,rnincluding its components - the expositi on, comp l ication andrnr esolution parts is elabora ted. Furthermore, the necessitiesrnof the divi s i ons of a play into scenes and acts are indicated.rnAdded t o the convent i ona l type o f pre s e ntation, the uniquerncha r act eristic feature of Brechtian epic theatre is alsorndefined in this chapter .rnI n the ligh t of t he theor e tical djs ~ussio ns, the secondrnird chapters respective l y examine t k~ prnpe r usagernrnof the convention~lrn...J _ ___ "-.,:~ .............. ,,, ...................rnsix of the plays o f the dramatist.rnLast of all , the concludi ng part attempts to put all thernfindings of this research in a more condensed way . What is morernis that this study has been supported by interviews which arernheld with the playwright and two senio r directors who directedrnseveral of his plays. All the discussions with the threerninterviwees, have separately been recorded by t ape-recorde