Drama/Theatre forms

Traditional

Opera

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They sing every word and it's highly stylised

Comedy

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Anything that has a happy ending is considered a comedy

Mime

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A performance with no spoken words

Legitimate theatre

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It is refers to 'serious' high quality professional work

Grand guignol

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Shock theatre from originally from le grand guignol .

Tragedy

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It is a form of drama based on human suffering.

Skits

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A short comedy sketch,often satirical or a parody.

Contemporary

Dinner theatre

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Where you watch a play and eat dinner

Theatre of the absurd

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A post world war-ll

Vaudeville

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A type of light-hearted entertainment popularity and mixture of song and dance like burlesque comedy.