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1
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a person who writes plays

A

playwright

2
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a play that is meant to be read rather than performed

A

closet drama

3
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an instruction in the text of a play

A

stage directions

4
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characterized by physical humor, such as slapstick and pratfalls; fast-paced action, including split-second timing of key exits and entrances; ridiculous caricatures; and broad often crass verbal humor

A

farce

5
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a play that falls in the middle of the tragic/comic spectrum, in that they focus on both high and low characters and situations and that they bring a potentially tragic plot to a happy resolution

A

tragicomedy

6
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a drama movement that questions the meaning of life in a universe seen as godless and which has overthrown such accepted conventions as well-established setting, logical dialogue, and a fully resolved conflict

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theater of the absurd