What does a performance’s genre refer to?
The type of story being told
How the work is presented on stage
A clear moral or social message
What should be considered when choosing a genre?
The teacher’s favourite genre
The target audience
The characters
Who are theatre in education’s target audience?
Everybody
Elderly people
Young people
Which genre often has a very clear social or moral message?
Comedy
Theatre in education
Melodrama
Which genre can be used to present a campaign?
Political theatre
Commedia dell’arte
Epic theatre
What style or genre might placards be seen in?
Physical theatre
When and where was commedia dell’arte first established?
16th-century Italy
19th-century Italy
21st-century Britain
Which genre usually contains human suffering?
Tragedy
Which genre would a lazzi be seen in?
What are potential features of the comedy genre?
Death and suffering
Surprise and repetition
Levels and mime