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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






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






3. Events that set off a major conflict






4. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






5. 'Storm and stress'






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






7. Emotional release






8. Information needed to understand the play






9. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






10. Imitation of character and action






11. Greek - actor






12. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






13. Appearance of truth






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






15. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






16. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






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






19. Events progress forward in time






20. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






21. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






22. Play reenacting biblical stories






23. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






24. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






25. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






26. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






27. Part of What is included in the text






28. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






30. Based on the lives of the saints






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






32. Emotional release






33. Proscenium arch/stage






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






35. Part of What is included in the text






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






37. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






39. 'Father of Realism'






40. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






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






42. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






43. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






44. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






45. Was poetry for many years






46. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






47. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story






48. Verse






49. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






50. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor







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