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- 3. Professional entertainment consisting of jokes and satirical sketches intended to make an audience laugh
- 6. A form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
- 7. A building designed for the performance of plays, operas, etc.
- 8. A theatrical performance that focuses on small presentation, usually not intended for public view
- 11. English renaissance theatre also known as early modern English theatre refers to the theatre of England between 1562 and 1642
- 14. A dramatic performance, as on the stage
- 15. A comedy that aims at entertaining the audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, and thus improbable
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- 1. Theatre that focuses on public performance in front of an audience and in which the final production is most important
- 2. An improvised kind of popular comedy in Italian theatre in the 16th-18th centuries
- 4. An improvisational, non-exhibitional, process-centered form of drama in which participants are guided by a leader to imagine, enact, and reflect on human experiences
- 5. Drama using the abandonment of conventional dramatic form to portray the futility of human struggle in a senseless world
- 9. A classical Japanese dance-drama known for the stylization of the drama and for elaborate makeup worn by some of its performers
- 10. The theatre of Ancient Greece, or ancient Greek drama
- 12. A play dealing with tragic events and having an unhappy ending, especially one concerning the downfall of the main character
- 13. Form of didactic drama presenting a series of loosely connected scenes that avoid illusion and often interrupt the story line to address the audience directly with analysis, argument, or documentation