Question

Select four reasons American drama had a slow start.

Answer 1

Answer:

a. prejudice against dramas association with court life and monarchy

c. no audiences

e. lack of finances

f. Puritans outlawed drama in some colonies.

Explanation:

Although dramas were much popular in Europe, America drama was still in the development stages. This challenged America to begin to focus on the novel way of art and it began its America journey drama. However, they experienced some problems that ensured their start was slow. Due to the fact that most dramas were credited to the European society and were mainly based on monarchy and courtly life, there was some prejudice on how these lifestyle were depicted. At this point, there were no audiences, and hence they lacked the finances to sustain itself, because states could not fund it, owing to the fact that they were still colonies. Finally, America was still a colony at that point and Puritans outlawed drama in some colonies.