Theatre Genres and Stage Composition

What is Comedy?

• Happy Ending

• Protagonist Dies

• Serious Subject Matter

• Play with Equal Amounts of Serious and Comic Elements

What is Tragedy?

• Physical Humor

• Puns, Satire, Wit, Intricate Plot

• Protagonist Dies

• Happy Ending

True or False? The higher an actor's head is on stage, the more power they have.

What is a Musical?

• Play with Equal Amounts of Serious and Comic Elements

• Serious Subject Matter

• Stock Characters of the Hero, Villain and Damsel in Distress

• Play with Song and Dance

What is High Comedy?

• Protagonist Dies

• Puns, Satire, Wit and Intricate Plot

• Play with Song and Dance

• Serious Subject Matter

What is Melodrama?

• Stock Characters of the Hero, Villain and Damsel in Distress

• Play with Equal Amounts of Serious and Comic Elements

• Physical Humor

• Protagonist Dies

What is Drama?

• Serious Subject Matter

• Play with Song and Dance

• Puns, Satire, Wit and Intricate Plot

• Physical Humor

True or False? The stage plane with the most power is Upstage.

What is Farce?

• Physical Humor

• Serious Subject Matter

• Puns, Satire, Wit and Intricate Plot

• Epic Storytelling

What is Serio-Comedy?

• Stock Characters of the Hero, Villain and Damsel in Distress

• Play with Song and Dance

• Serious Subject Matter

• Play with Equal Amounts of Serious and Comic Elements