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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






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






3. The standard tool for casting a production






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






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






6. Top of stage






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

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8. Works published before 1923






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






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






11. Greek - actor






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






13. A group of actors - not just one star






14. Proscenium arch/stage






15. High point of action






16. Focused on thought - controversial






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






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






19. Units of action that build emotional intensity






20. 500-1800 people






21. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






23. Rhyming






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






25. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






26. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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






28. Grammatically based






29. The standard tool for casting a production






30. A group of actors - not just one star






31. Was poetry for many years






32. Italians






33. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






34. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






35. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






37. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






39. Appearance of truth






40. Appearance of truth






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






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






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






44. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






45. 'Father of Realism'






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






47. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






48. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






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