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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. A fee for each performance






2. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






3. Verse






4. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






5. Series of short stories






6. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






7. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






8. Audience watches from 3 sides






9. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






10. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






11. Major character at odds with social expectations






12. Six elements - catharsis






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






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






15. Person who embodies a character on stage






16. Used alienation to encourage distance






17. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






19. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






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






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






22. Was poetry for many years






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






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

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25. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






26. Was poetry for many years






27. Information needed to understand the play






28. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






29. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






31. Information needed to understand the play






32. Humorous - objective view point






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






34. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






35. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






36. Grammatically based






37. Play reenacting biblical stories






38. Busiest person in the theatre






39. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






40. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






41. Part of What is included in the text






42. 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)






43. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






44. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






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






46. Visible light source on stage






47. The standard tool for casting a production






48. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






49. Busiest person in the theatre






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