Author Question: If you are attend a play from the eighteenth century that is performed in an elaborate indoor space, ... (Read 305 times)

jilianpiloj · **on:** Sep 28, 2018

If you are attend a play from the eighteenth century that is performed in an elaborate indoor space, appeals to aristocratic tastes, presents a mythic story, and adheres to the unities, you are probably watching an example of

a. Elizabethan tragedy.
b. naturalism.
c. neoclassicism.
d. satire.

Question 2

The proscenium is important mainly because it

a. allows a character on stage to reveal her or his inner thoughts to the audience.
b. creates an invisible fourth wall that separates the audience from the actors.
c. identifies the moment when a character recognizes that tragic circumstances are her or his own fault.
d. provides a handy, if implausible, resolution to a difficult problem in a play.