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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. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






2. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






4. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






6. Events progress forward in time






7. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






8. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






9. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






11. Linear events progress forward in time






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






13. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






14. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






15. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






16. Information needed to understand the play






17. The standard tool for casting a production






18. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






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






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

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22. Feel more in stage acting.






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






24. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






25. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






26. Rhyming






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






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






29. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






30. Ideas within the play






31. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






32. England's type of theatre






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






34. The standard tool for casting a production






35. Focused on thought - controversial






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






37. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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






39. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






40. Rejection of neoclassicism -






41. Rejection of neoclassicism -






42. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






43. Grammatically based






44. Controls the environment in the theatre






45. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






46. Busiest person in the theatre






47. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






48. Proscenium space






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






50. 100-499 people