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Playwright
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a maker of plays
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Director
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in a dramatic production, the person in charge of guiding and instructing the actors in matter of speech delivery and stage movements
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Producer
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the person in charge of practical matters connected with a stage production, such as securing finances, arranging for theater use, furnishing, materials, renting or making costumes, and properties guaranteeing payments and so on.
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proscenium stage-
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a stage in which a proscenium arch separates the audience from the acting area; the effect is to produce a "room" with one wall missing
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theater-in-the-round
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a modern theater arrangement, often outdoors, in which the audience totally surrounds the stage, with all actors entering and exiting along the aisles. Also called an arena stage
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thrust stage
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a stage that projects outward into the spectator area, thus increasing the area for action
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tragedy
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a drama in which the main characters suffer a satasptoohic ed for the purse of arousing pity on the part of the audience. Often a tragedy involves the downfall of a person of great significance.
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comedy
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drama featuring a happy ending, designed to amuse the audience
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romantic comedy
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a type of comedy whose likable and sensile main characters are placed in difficulties fro which they are rescued at the end of he play either attaining their end or having their good fortunes restored
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comedy of the absurd
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a type of 20th century drama rooted in existentialism, portraying humans as isolated creatures living a meaningless existence. such plays dismiss conventional plot setting and characterization
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