Many early american plays were select all that apply.

a-adapted from novels
b-subtle and understated
c-influenced by british plays
d-melodramatic and sentimental

Many early American plays were adapted from novels and influenced by British plays. The correct answer would be A and C.

Explanation:

As a colony of English, America's culture was born taking some ideas from them; some of their influence could be easily noted in American plays, also many of the first plays adapted from novels, this is actually very common as wee. The idea to take a story born in a book and tell it in theatre or cinema (very common nowadays) is a great chance to make other kind of public enjoy the story.

a

explanation:

  dante alighieri wrote the divine comedy, a description of a spititual journey. when he wrote it , he was in exile. in florence, dante's native city, there was a social strife, they had political turmoil, and some of the   florentine names included in the narrative may have been a way that dante used to criticize his fellow citizens.