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WorksheetsMelodrama
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
What does the word Melodrama actually mean?
Drama that is mellow
A musical
Music Drama
Which of these is not a characteristic of melodrama?
Exaggeration
Fight sequences
mime
happy ending
Which of 2 of these are stock characters?
Villain
Narrator
Child
Damsel in Distress
charlie Chaplin
In what decade was Melodrama most popular?
1780
1840
1890
1930
What other style of theatre influenced Melodrama?
Commedia D'ell Arte
Elizabethan Theatre
Pantomime
Greek Theatre
Which of these places is not a location where a melodrama might be set?
In a house
In a city
By the Sea
In a barn
How do you spell the name of the word that describes a drama 'by the sea'?
naudic
naughtycryl
norwetal
nautical
Which of these is a plot device regularly used in Melodrama?
Lying Letters
Police chases
War
Robbery
Why was music used in Melodrama?
To encourage the audience to sing along
To help the performers know what was coming next
To make it funny
To encourage emotional responses from the audience
What era was melodrama most popular in?
Greek times
Victorian
Elizabethan
Modern Day
