WORD SEARCH: THEATRICAL GENRES AND STYLES THROUGHOUT TIME

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...... F A R C E . . A . . century, pre-Method acting, lends itself more to comedy, farce S R E N N A M F O Y D E M O C . . M . E or satire in contemporary theatre. Morality Play—A didactic play popular in late medieval times M S I D R U S B A ...... A . A T . that has allegorical characters representing vice, greed, good Y A L P Y T I L A R O M . . M . . R . . deeds, etc., who fought to control man’s soul. . . M U S I C A L . . . . A Y . A D . . Musical—plays that use music and songs to advance the plot, A D A P S E Y A P A C . R D . L . O . . and in which the music is very interrelated to the structure. P . . . . . N . . K M D E P L . . L . . Naturalism—A type of theatre developed in the late nineteenth O . . . . E . . A S L G . E . N . E . . and early twentieth centuries that revolted against the S . . . G S . B I A A T D K . A . M . . artificiality of acting and play scripts that were in vogue, in T . . O A . U L C R R A P I . T . . . . particular the melodrama of the 1880s. Instead, these writers depicted a sordid humanity controlled by forces beyond its M . Y T . K A I T A I P U N . U . . . . control, such as environment, heredity and evolution. Attention O K Y . I E G . G D A . P G . R . . R . to detail in production led to the development of the “slice D R . . R R . I E R . . P O . A . . E . of life” play and production aesthetic. Ironically, these plays E . . R U . C M O . . . E P . L . . A . are quickly “dated” by the events depicted and fail to carry R . U T . O M D . . . . T E . I . . L . universal or transcendent appeal. N S I . M O Y . . . . . R R . S . . I . Noh—Classical Japanese musical drama developed in the I L . E C ...... Y A . M . . S . fourteenth century. This form features minimal scenery with S . D L I T T L E T H E A T R E H . M . performers, almost exclusively male, who present stylized acting with masks and detailed costumes. The performers M Y . . O L D C O M E D Y . . . . O . . chant their lines and are accompanied onstage by a chorus . . . . . G R A N D G U I G N O L . N . and musicians (who play the transverse flute and three Absurdism—Non-realistic theatre form that uses various stage different types of drums). Stagehands, dressed in black, assist and literary conventions to express that humanity’s efforts to the actors in full view of the audience during the performance. find inherent meaning in the universe will ultimately fail. Old Comedy—Greek comedy of the 5th century BCE which Capa y Espada—An action-packed drama of the Spanish Golden combined robust humor with biting personal and political Age often employing capes, sword fighting, and a romance satire. Comedy of Manners—Comedy presenting sophisticated Parody—A play that is a humorous or satirical imitation of a characters in drawing room situations, poking fun at their serious piece. manners. Peking Opera—A form of traditional Chinese theatre which Commedia Dell’arte—Italian comedy developed in the 16th combines music, vocal performance, mime, dance and century, flourishing into the early 18th century. It employed acrobatics. stock characters using improvisational acting rather than Postmodernism—A form of theatre begun in the 1960s drawing from a prepared manuscript. Usually performed in reaction against the dogma, principles or practices of outdoors on platforms and often utilized political or social satire modernist theatre. of concern to the common people. Puppetry—A performance of doll-like figures representing Farce—A play in which ridiculous situations and exaggerated people or animals, manipulated by hand from within the figure actions are used for humorous effect. or by other means, such as cables operated from above by Grand Guignol—Short drama stressing horror and one or more puppeteers. sensationalism. Realism—A theatre movement begun around 1840 concerned Kabuki—A traditional Japanese form of theatre dating from the with portraying life as it is, as compared to the more idealistic seventeenth century, featuring stylized singing and dancing, acting and writing of romanticism which preceded it. elaborate makeup, rousing stage action and more scenery Satyr—In Greek drama, a short play presented after three than the Japanese Noh Drama. tragedies to supply the comic relief. So-called because the Kyogen—A brief Japanese play performed between Noh plays to chorus disguised themselves as satyrs, half men and half goat provide comic relief. creatures. Little Theatre—Experimental or avant-garde drama, usually Surrealism—A movement that attempts to depict the amateur, originating from a theatrical movement of the 1920s. subconscious experience and is characterized by imagery and Liturgical Drama—Drama based on the liturgy to a disjointed structure. commemorate such holy days as Easter, Christmas, Tragedy—A serious play that excites pity and terror through a Chanukah or any religious theme. succession of unhappy but inevitable events. Traditionally, the Melodrama—An exaggerated, plot-driven, fast-moving play in leading character is brought to catastrophe as a result of his which incidents and situation are more important than depth own passion, limitation or “tragic flaw.” of character or theme. Once taken seriously as an enormously Tragicomedy—A play which is a blend of tragic and comedic popular form of entertainment, the overblown dialogue, display elements. of overwrought emotion, stock characters and simplistic morality of good triumphing over evil reminiscent of nineteenth-

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