Types of Drama

The written text of a play is called a ....

• set

• rehearsal

• script

• scene

A mode of fictional representation through dialogue and performance.

• drama

• poem

• prose

• dialogue

The area where the actors perform is called the....

• scene

• stage

• set

• setting

The _____ enjoyed watching the play.

• characters

• actor

• audience

• comedy

Drama is also a type of a play written for theatre, television, radio, and film.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A play that is lighter in tone than ordinary works, and provide a happy conclusion.

• comedy

• tragedy

• melo drama

• farce

A drama that uses darker themes, such as disaster, pain, and death. Protagonists often have a tragic flaw — a characteristic that leads them to their downfall.

• comedy

• farce

• tragedy

• melo drama

A farce is a nonsensical genre of drama, which often overacts or engages slapstick humour.

• TRUE

• FALSE

An exaggerated drama, which is sensational and appeals directly to the senses of the audience

• farce

• comedy

• melodrama

• musical

A play where dramatists not only tell their stories through acting and dialogue, but through dance as well as music.

• musical

• melodrama

• farce

• tragedy