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






2. Audience watches from 3 sides






3. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






4. Medea - The Bacchae






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






6. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






7. Person who embodies a character on stage






8. Units of action that build emotional intensity






9. 100-499 people






10. The standard tool for casting a production






11. Not many props or detailed scenery






12. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






13. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






14. 'Father of Realism'






15. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






16. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






17. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






18. Italians






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

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20. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






21. Part of What is included in the text






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






23. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






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






26. The first director






27. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






28. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






29. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






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






32. Main character






33. Organization of action






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






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






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






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






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






39. Emotional release






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






41. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






44. A group of actors - not just one star






45. Ideas within the play






46. Grammatically based






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






48. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






50. Focused on thought - controversial