form Flashcards
(12 cards)
play
scripted or improvised performance
forum theatre
audience makes suggestions to change action
monologue
production that consists solely of a long speech delivered by one performer
commedia dell’arte
uses stock characters and storylines, masks
docudrama
incorporates interviews and reconstructions
epic theatre
wants the audience to think and reason rather than react emotionally
verbatim theatre
plays constructed from the precise word spoken by people interviewed
mime
stylised movement to create an illusion of reality
tableaux
a series of frozen images
musical
production including music and/or song
dance drama
a production that incorporates dance in the performance
pantomime
theatrical entertainment, involving music, topical jokes, and slapstick comedy, often based on a fairytale or a nursery story