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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. High point of action






2. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






4. Audience watches from 3 sides






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






6. The era we are currently in






7. Play reenacting biblical stories






8. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






9. Events that set off a major conflict






10. Part of What is included in the text






11. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






12. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






13. Ideas within the play






14. Units of action that build emotional intensity






15. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






16. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






17. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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






19. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






20. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






21. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






22. Top of stage






23. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






24. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






26. The first director






27. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






28. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






29. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






30. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






31. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






32. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






34. Focused on thought - controversial






35. Rejection of neoclassicism -






36. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






37. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






38. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality






39. Controls the environment in the theatre






40. Based on the lives of the saints






41. Appearance of truth






42. High point of action






43. Someone who writes plays






44. Organization of action






45. Linear events progress forward in time






46. Proscenium space






47. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






48. A>B>C>D






49. Humorous - objective view point






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