Drama Quiz: Roles in the Theatre, Stages and Genre

What does the word genre mean?

• Piece

• Performance

• Category/Type

• Style

What are the two oldest genres of theatre?

• Comedy/Tragedy

• Comedy/Farce

• Tragedy/Farce

• No one is sure

This style takes a comic look at current events/people while at the same time attempting to make a political or social statement, for example pointing out corruption.

• Comedy

• Farce

• Improvisation

• Satire

This genre is told from a first-person perspective where the performers walk through their life.

• Autobiographical

• Biographical

• Historical

• Tragedy

This genre has songs to help explain the story and move the ideas of the play along.

• Physical Theatre

• Fringe

• Site Specific

• Musical

This genre in which most or all of what is performed is unplanned or unscripted: created spontaneously by the performers.

• Farce

• Comedy

• Improv

• Immersive

______________ is a genre of theatrical performance that encompasses storytelling primarily through physical movement

• Improv

• Physical Theatre

• Tragedy

• Immersive

This is the name given to the person who writes the play.

• Author

• Director

• Playwright

• Writer

They are the ___________

• Actors

• Directors

• Technicians

• Performers

This person is in charge of the artistic elements of a production. They often have the initial creative idea (‘concept’) for a production, will work with the actors in rehearsal, and will collaborate with designers and the technical team to realise this idea in performance.

• Producer

• Technician

• Director

• Actor