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clmills979

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Comic relief refers to
 
  a. falling action within a comedy.
  b. slapstick action.
  c. witty dialogue.
  d. action created to ease emotional tension at strategic points within a serious play.

Question 2

A friend treats you to a performance of Harvey at a theatre in his home town.
 
  While
  looking at the program, you discover from the biographies that the actor playing
  Elwood P. Dowd is the manager of a men's clothing store and the actress playing Veta
  Louise is a teacher at the local high school. Several college students are performing in
  the production, but your friend tells you that this theatre is not affiliated with a school.
  From this information, you know that the theatre you are attending is
  a. a commercial theatre.
  b. a community theatre.
  c. an Off-Broadway theatre.
  d. a resident theatre.



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ilianabrrr

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Answer to Question 1

d. action created to ease emotional tension at strategic points within a serious play.

Answer to Question 2

b. a community theatre.




clmills979

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Reply 2 on: Aug 27, 2018
Excellent


brbarasa

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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