Drama Key Terms

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  • Created on: 16-04-14 14:51
V F X T H O U G H T T R A C K I N G L O S
I P W M V M B H C J K S K Q V V I O S G T
Y B T L K S G X T R X H R B P X V V L W C
D J X N S M E D I E V A L T H E A T R E J
O H F B M X E D O M E O E K Q E U U T O I
F A C I A L E X P R E S S I O N W I Q O M
F V S K D A T S D F H W I A B N W P U A W
M P R O S C E N I U M A R C H N V T W F X
H S N D C O M M E D I A D E L L A R T E W
L I G H T I N G A N D S O U N D L V D W G
E L I Z A B E T H A N J A C O B E A N H D
X A H M H Y H Y O K R N R G V K J C A I L
A S E X T L S E X F J P Q I Q N I G C T W
A H D P Q O F H A E D G W O B A F M J L T
Y O Q U I S P K L J J V U C M I L E B J A
S C P D B A N T O N I N A R T U A D I E K
Q K V I C T O R I A N M E L O D R A M A I
F I T H E A T R E O F T H E A B S U R D J
J M P Q V F P L J R Q G Y L J B S F H W Q
A X S M M Q R F R O N N C Y K L J G F U B
J C B B N B W D R T G M F F H O I V U Y Y

Clues

  • Comedy that mocked human failings, using the same characters. No scripts used (8, 8)
  • Comic yet questions serious issues (7, 2, 3, 6)
  • Common in Britain, Like looking through a window (10, 4)
  • Lurid, mysterious and dark. Stock characters, villan, high-minded heroes and pure-hearted heroines (9, 9)
  • Re-enactment of Bible stories (8, 7)
  • Shakespearean, plays dark and increasingly violent (11, 8)
  • Show the thoughts, feeling and emotions of the characters you are portraying in an exaggerated manner (6, 10)
  • Total theatre using light movement and sound. Creator of 'Theatre of Cruelty' a concept that pushed the audience's feelings to an almost painful extreme (7, 6)
  • Use of freeze frames to show a particular character's thoughts and emotions at that point (7, 8)
  • Used to create mood and atmosphere, should be written into stage directions (8, 3, 5)

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