The Play's the Thing
Across
- 1. A Flapper, Hipster and a Jock are these kind of general characters
- 3. A style of production that seeks to show life as it is.
- 7. The arrangement in which the event of a play are told.
- 8. Shakespearian tragedy about young love.
- 9. This style of production with an orchestra and signers, require a sense of grand scale.
- 14. A musical about a shoemaker and a drag queen.
- 15. Plays that explore the dilemma's of ordinary persons caught in situations that text their morals, strength of character and sanity, i.e. "Death of a Salesman"
- 16. Typically costumes for these productions involve stretchy fabrics, shorter lengths, and allow for freedom of movement.
- 19. In a play where most or all of the actors are given equal importance, they are considered this type of cast.
- 20. A dramatization set in a news format such as "Goodnight and Good Luck"
- 22. Music, dialogue and sound effects are these types of element.
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- 2. costumes for this kind of production may reqire sunscreen, bug repellent or sweat spray for sweaty days
- 4. an often exaggerated form of dramatic, literary, or cinematic work that emphasizes sensational, escapist action, suspenseful plots, and a clear, black-and-white struggle between good and evil.
- 5. First seen in Greek plays, this group of people are used nowadays in musicals.
- 6. Another name for a small arena stage that can be arranged in multiple ways.
- 10. On this type of large stage, a designer will need to work in a larger scale for costumes to read.
- 11. Non-specific persons that help fill out a scene; mostly utilized on movie sets.
- 12. These Commedia dell`Arte types developed surefire combinations of physical attributes, idiosyncrasies, and comic bits.
- 13. MOST of these productions are typically designed in bright cheerful colors and in bold shapes featuring songs to drive the plot.
- 17. This type of show is primarily funny and entertaining.
- 18. Shakespear's "Melancholy Dane"
- 21. Set in pre-WWII berlin, this musical had a recent revival with Eddie Redmayne