The characters in a drama struggle for something worth achieving, but they fail.  The good die young, the sick do not recover, the girl does not get the boy, and people do not always live happily ever after. This reminds us the world is not fair. The two dramas seen in class this semester are [title1], and  [title2] .

Whose job is it to select the script, research the play, analyze the script, work with collaborators, come up with ideas for the production, and rehearse the production?

What are the actor’s tools?   [tool1] and [tool2]

Why is Noises Off a play within a play?

The Greeks watched plays during a several days long festival for the god…

The character Harlequin, in commedia dell’arte, often got beaten with a prop called a _____

What did the word “theatre” mean to the early Greeks?

The most common structure for a play’s plot is…

The actor can learn about his or her character by studying the..

Why is Don Quixote a good example of a Romantic hero? This was in the chapter on style.)