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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 picture of the scene from the audience perspective






2. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






4. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






5. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






7. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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


9. Grammatically based






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






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






12. Based on the lives of the saints






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






14. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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


16. Proscenium space






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






18. Feel more in stage acting.






19. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






20. Top of stage






21. Performs Actions of the Play






22. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






23. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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


25. Someone who writes plays






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






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






28. Greek - actor






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






30. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






32. Feel more in stage acting.






33. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






34. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






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






36. Controls the environment in the theatre






37. Grammatically based






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






39. To see something in a 3 dimensional way


40. Play reenacting biblical stories






41. 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)






42. The era we are currently in






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






44. Medea - The Bacchae






45. Appearance of truth






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






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






48. Performs Actions of the Play






49. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






50. A fee for each performance