quiz

Question 1

Reviewer VS critic

Answer 1

Reviewer- less knowledge

Critic- Knowledged and has experience in theater

Question 2

Dramaturg

Answer 2

Researches literary/ background/ historical aspects for a play. Will meet playwrights who are still alive and give their play suggestions

Question 3

Episodic Structure

Answer 3

Many characters/ long story line/ many subplots/ many locations

Question 4

climatic Structure

Answer 4

Few characters/ short time period/ very few locations/ 1 main plot

Question 5

Extraordinary Characters

Answer 5

Gods, heroes, nobility with great characteristics

Question 6

Stock Characters

Answer 6

only 1 quality

EX: The dumb blonde

Question 7

Tragedy

Answer 7

traditional- god/hero downfall

modern- Regular people

Question 8

Japanese Theater

Answer 8

Shingeki- “New Theater” realistic nature and the playwrights message is the most important

Question 9

Comedy Techniques

Answer 9

Verbal humor- puns, wit, malaprop ((sounds like something else )), epigram ((play on words)), and character plot complications

Question 10

Tragicomedy

Answer 10

The mix of tragedy and comedy

Question 11

melodrama

Answer 11

music of song drama/ exagerated action/ issues are clean, right vs wrong / suspense

EX: Soap Opera

Question 12

African American

Answer 12

Grove Theater (1820-1827) first theater
lloyd richards- 1959 first african american director to hit broadway

Question 13

asian american

Answer 13

1850s railroad / Asian American Theater - east west players

Question 14

Hispanic Theater

Answer 14

1) chicano
2) cuban
3) Puertorican

Question 15

native american theater

Answer 15

spiderwomen