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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






2. Grammatically based






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






4. 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)






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






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






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






8. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






9. Based on the lives of the saints






10. 'Father of Realism'






11. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






12. Greek - actor






13. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






15. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






16. A group of actors - not just one star






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






18. 100-499 people






19. Gas lights - etc.






20. Someone who writes plays






21. Appearance of truth






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






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






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






25. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






26. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






27. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






28. Linear events progress forward in time






29. Information needed to understand the play






30. Part of What is included in the text






31. Was poetry for many years






32. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






34. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






35. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






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






38. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






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






41. 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






42. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






43. Events progress forward in time






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






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






46. Controls the environment in the theatre






47. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






49. Appearance of truth






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