Theater Vocab

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NOT a script component?

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Description

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A theater genre involving sad events and a death at the end is...

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Tragedy

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Genre involving singing and dancing, e.g., "Hamilton" and "Wicked"

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Musicals

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Genre involving silly, crazy situations, often with marriages at the end.

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Comedy

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Who popularized drama and theater?

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Ancient Greeks

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Tells actors what to say

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Dialogue

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Tells the actor what to do

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Stage Directions

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Stage directions appear:

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In italics and parentheses.

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Dialogue in plays appears

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After a character's name

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Stage direction "The scene opens in a dusty office" is an example of?

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Setting