Chapter 7--The Art of Being Human, Theatre

The revelation through dialog of past relationships among the characters is known as

Plot refers

To appreciate theater, an audience must

Lysistrata, by Aristophanes, is considered a satire because it is both comedic and

The revelation through dialogue of necessary background information is called

Practice begun in the 19th century making scenery & dialogue look & sound like the real world

The main character in a tragedy whose fortunes the audience follows is the

One difference between the theatre of Greece and that of Rome is that, in Greece,

Modern tragedies differ from Greek, Elizabethan, and neoclassical tragedies in that their protagonists may be

Racial themes are often exhibited in the work of American playwrights

Women first appeared on stage, playing the roles of female characters,

According to Aristotle, the three unities are time, place, and action.

Classical idea that plays should present a single plot in a single place in one day is called

The institution of comedy first emerged

Audiences who attended a neoclassic tragedy were made up primarily of

The soliloquy is important to drama because it

If you are watching a farce in pantomime that relies on stock characters, you are watching

A kind of play where every element of language or action advances the plot is a(n)

Serious criticism aimed @ the betterment of society but accomplished through laughter is called

The conditions of theater that an audience accepts as standard or real are known as

A theatrical performance may shatter the fourth-wall, the best example of shattering the wall is

Melodrama is

_________ was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play.

Aristotle's definition of catharsis

The proscenium is important mainly because it