Author Question: During the Renaissance, many people thought ancient Greek plays were entirely sung. This led to what ... (Read 94 times)

BrownTown3 · **on:** Aug 26, 2018

During the Renaissance, many people thought ancient Greek plays were entirely sung. This led to what new type of theatre?

A) Commedia dell'arte
B) Musical comedy
C) Ritual tragedy
D) Opera
E) None of these choices

Question 2

A play can be a ritual, but not all rituals can be a play. What distinguishes theatre from ritual?

What will be an ideal response?

chem1s3 · **Reply #1 on:** Aug 26, 2018

Answer to Question 1

D

Answer to Question 2

Theatre has an actor who portrays a character. A priest, on the other hand, may be performing a theatrical and dramatic ritual but is not portraying someone else. Theatre is artificial. Also, theatre usually has a story with conflict, which is the key to all drama. Many religious rituals have a prescribed order of events, but they do not usually act out a story that includes scripted conflict.