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The theatrical production of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin is an example of

A) tragicomedy
B) romantic comedy
C) melodrama
D) tragedy

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Designed as critiques of consumerist culture,these Performance Art pieces grew out of the Pop Art movement of the 1960's.

A) happenings
B) sentimental comedy
C) comedy of manners
D) reversals

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Theatrical arrangement most widely used in contemporary productions that places the audience on only one side,viewing the action through a frame.

The mental and physical separation of the audience from the acting area.

The main channel of communication between the playwright and the audience.

This genre of theatre generates amusement and excitement through an intricate plot of reversals with artificial,contrived situation.

The term used to describe our reaction to and involvement with what we experience in a theatrical production.

That element of a theatrical production that is the final resolution.

What production element reveals information about characters,their personalities,relationships and feelings?

This theatrical element is the middle part of the play and consists of a series of conflicts and decisions.

The theatrical element that provides necessary background information.

The central personage in a play.

Poetic language in a theatrical production indicates

This type of theatre arrangement puts the audience around the playing area on all sides.

This kind of theatrical production first appeared in the late eighteenth century when dialogue took place against a musical background.

By creating sunlight,moonlight to help the audience experience time and place,lighting design creates one of the following:

Oedipus the King by Sophocles is a well-known example of what genre of theatre?

What are the three functions of costume design?

This theatrical element moves the play forward by pointing toward events that will occur later.

Describe the hypothetical dynamic and structural development of a three-act play.