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a story written to be performed
What is Drama?
100
physical items used in a play
What are props?
100
A major division of a play
What is an act?
100
A person who writes a play
What is a playwright?
100
a play with a light tone; ends happily with a peaceful resolution, often a marriage,
What is a comedy?
200
the turning point or high point in the action of the plot
What is climax
200
a play based on real events, but has created dialogue and action
What is historical drama?
200
Written conversation between two or more characters
What is dialogue?
200
Instructions that describe the appearance and actions of characters, usually in italics and parenthesis.
What are stage directions?
200
A play with a serious tone in which the main character suffers a downfall; unhappy ending.
What is a tragedy?
300
the text of the play
What is the script
300
A single actor "thinking" out loud to let the audience know his thoughts and feelings.
What is a soliloquy?
300
a subdivision of an act?
What is a scene?
300
The force that works against the main character in a play to create conflict
What is the antagonist?
300
The people who watched Shakespeare's plays from the lowest level.
What are groundlings?
400
group of actors
What is the cast?
400
A play with exaggerated humor, ridiculous plot, etc., to keep the audience laughing.
What is a farce?
400
A long, uninterrupted speech by a character in a play.
What is a monologue?
400
A supernatural creature often seen in Shakespeare's plays.
What is a ghost?
400
A problem within a character that leads to his downfall.
What is a tragic flaw?
500
main character, often the hero
Who is the protagonist?
500
A group of players reciting or singing lines together.
What is a chorus?
500
The name of Shakespeare's acting company.
What is Lord Chamberlain's Men?
500
The place where Shakespeare's plays were first performed.
What is the Globe Theater?
500
The most common tragic flaw in Shakespearean plays.
What is excessive pride?