Varieties of Drama

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Across
  1. 7. When the audience and the actors are already aware of the rules
  2. 9. A play that treats characters and situations in a humorous way and has a happy ending
  3. 14. In _______ theatre, sometimes inanimate objects are give human characteristics which is called _______.
  4. 17. A sometimes comedic play that is marked by an emotional and ideal presentation of life
  5. 20. Actor alone onstage expressing his/her inner thoughts
  6. 23. A play in which the audience is recognized as an audience and the play as a play
Down
  1. 1. Imagined wall that separates actors from the audience
  2. 2. When a character has bottled up an emotion for a long time and finally lets it all out
  3. 3. A comedic play that features plots focusing on love affairs
  4. 4. A play that deals with a social problem or ethical issue, sometimes presenting a solution
  5. 5. A play in which the protagonist comes to an untimely end
  6. 6. A type of comedic play that is quite physical, sometimes vulgar, and highly exaggerated in style
  7. 8. A play performed as if the audience were watching through an imaginary “fourth wall”
  8. 10. An exaggeration of a certain feature of a character
  9. 11. A play that deals with unrealistic and fantastic characters
  10. 12. A comedic play that includes comedy of manners, satire and uses clever lines
  11. 13. A kind of comedy involving clowning, practical jokes, and improbable characters
  12. 15. A form of storytelling that teaches moral concepts in which the characters are animals
  13. 16. A serious play that arouses intense emotion but usually has a happy ending
  14. 18. Shakespeare wrote his plays in
  15. 19. An element in drama that arouses feelings of pity and compassion
  16. 21. A type of low comedy that mocks
  17. 22. A humorous attack on accepted conventions of society, usually the upper class