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Elements of Drama
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Proscenium stage
audience on three sides
audience on all sides
area extends behind an opening called a “proscenium arch.”
audience on one side
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The lighting director uses the lights to:
change the mood
appearance of the set
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Dramatic Structure:point of highest tension;action determines how the conflict will be resolved
complications
exposition
climax
resolution
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speech by a character alone onstage to himself or herself or to the audience
asides
soliloquy
monologue
dialogue
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What is drama?
a story enacted onstage for a live audience
a play
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A stage’s
set
might be
abstract and minimal
realistic and detailed
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A modern play...
may be tragedy, comedy, or a mixture of the two
usually is about ordinary people
does not take place
usually focuses on personal issues
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The main characters in a comedy can be anyone, including
servants
nobility
townspeople
nobody at all
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In a comedy...
complications occur before the conflict is resolved
modern comedies, genders may be reversed in the plot pattern
In most cases, play ends with a wedding
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Conflict
isa struggle or clash between opposing characters or forces. A conflict may develop
within a character who is torn by competing desires
between a character and his or her circumstances
between characters who want different or the same thing
none of the above
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What is a "thrust" stage?
The stage extends into the viewing area
stage used in Shakespeare plays
audience on three sides
audience on all sides
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Modern playwrights often experiment with unconventional plot structures, such as
none
long flashbacks
music
visual projections of a character’s private thoughts
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The protagonist of most classical tragedies is a
tragic hero.
This hero
has a tragic flaw,a personal failing leads to a tragic end
rebellious and jealous
is noble and in many ways admirable
antagonist
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Theater artists include:
actors
stage crew
directors
lighting technicians
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Dramatic Structure: conflict is resolved;play ends
climax
exposition
resolution
complications
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Most classic Greek tragedies deal with serious, universal themes such as
right and wrong
none of the above
justice and injustice
life and death
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Scene design
transforms a bare stage into the world of the play. Scene design consists of
sets
lighting
costumes
props
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remarks made to the audience or to one character; characters onstage do not hear
dialogue
soliloquy
monologue
asides
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A play needs an audience to
experience the performance
respond to the characters
understand the story
vomit excessively
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What is the origin of drama?
produced for festivals to honor Dionysus
earliest plays were written around the fifth century B.C.
Drama comes from the Greek verb dran, which means “to do.”
I don't know!
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What is a comedy?
boy gets girl, boy loses girl, boy wins girl
ends tragically
ends happily
centers on romantic conflict
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long speech given by one character to others
asides
dialogue
monologue
soliloquy
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Dramatic structure: characters and conflict are introduced in the
resolution
climax
complications
exposition
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conversations of characters onstage
monologue
dialogue
asides
soliloquy
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Dramatic Structure: tension builds
complications
exposition
resolution
climax
