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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Organization of action






2. Works published before 1923






3. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






4. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






5. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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6. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






7. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






8. Top of stage






9. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






10. 500-1800 people






11. Italians






12. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






13. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






14. Medea - The Bacchae






15. Verse






16. England's type of theatre






17. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






18. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






19. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






20. 'Father of Realism'






21. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






22. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






23. Less than 100 people - experimental theatre - not exactly commercial






24. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






25. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






26. Greek - actor






27. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






28. Events that set off a major conflict






29. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






30. Major character at odds with social expectations






31. Writer and first actor






32. 'Father of Realism'






33. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






34. A fee for each performance






35. Ideas within the play






36. Verse






37. Medea - The Bacchae






38. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






39. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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40. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






41. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






42. Linear events progress forward in time






43. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






44. Planned actor movement






45. Ideas within the play






46. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






47. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






48. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






49. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






50. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals







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