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21 Cards in this Set
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Comedy
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A humorous play with an important theme in which the characters confront themselves and eachother with amusing results
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Tragedy
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a serious play with a topic of universal impact as its theme. The central character or characters confront suffering, decline, and often death.
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Melodrama
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An over-the-top play with a trivial theme in which the good always triumphs over the bad.
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Farce
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A sarcastic play with a trivial theme containing elements of burlesque and humor.
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Tragicomedy
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A tragic play which ends on a positive note.
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Dark Comedy
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A play that takes a serious theme and makes light of it. Often ends tragically or disturbingly.
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History
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Lengthy play of historical events, dealt with respectfully and honestly.
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Documentary
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A (generally) serious play based off of court trials and/or official records.
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Musical
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A play with an extensive musical score. Any genre of show can also be a musical.
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Genre
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An informative method of classifying a play.
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Theatre
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The theatre is that body of artistic work in which actors impersonate characters in a live (not filmed) performance of a scripted play.
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Drama
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The arrangement of words and actions put down by the playwright for the purpose of being acted out by actors.
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Theatron
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"seeing place"
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dran
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"to do" or "to act out"
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dialogue
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The scripted conversations within a play.
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impersonate
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to play a part, or to act as a character
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performability
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the act of a play being performed before an audience
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collaboration
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the bringing together of many people's talents and vocations - craftsmanship, managerial and playwrighting
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playwright
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the man or woman who writes the script used in a play.
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playwrighting
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the act of writing a play, which generally occurs away from the theatre
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Play
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an event, not a thing. It takes place in real time in a real place. A play has a title and a recognizable order of performance.
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