Modern American Drama

Drama was one of the last literary genres to develop in the United States because of the religious beliefs of the ______.

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Atheists

• Episcopalians

At first, American theater featured many _______.

• celebrity actors

• dazzling special effects

• religious themes

• allusions to Greek mythology

Eventually, _____ became established as the dominant mode of American drama.

• satire

• comedy

• realism

• tragedy

The two main types of drama are _____ and _____.

• tragedy and comedy

• farce and melodrama

• musicals and plays

• acts and scenes

_______ are italicized instructions that describe details about characters such as when they enter and exit, how they look, speak, and react to events or other characters.

• Actions

• Stage directions

• Scenes

• Scripts