The year is 1900. You’re in a small theatre, looking at a stage that appears to be a flop house, complete with small beds, dirty sheets, and a room full of grimy men, some barefooted, some wearing work clothes, some in undershirts and shorts. On the

table there are remnants of food amid a welter of dirty cups and plates. An actor speaks and it is almost unintelligible, sounding somewhere between a grunt and a growl. You are almost certainly at a production that is:

a. absurdist
b. epic
c. impressionistic
d. naturalistic
e. realistic


Answer: D

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