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






2. To see something in a 3 dimensional way


3. Busiest person in the theatre






4. Imitation of character and action






5. Appearance of truth






6. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






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






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






10. Planned actor movement






11. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






12. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






13. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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






15. Rhyming






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






17. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






19. Proscenium arch/stage






20. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






21. Someone who writes plays






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


23. Was poetry for many years






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






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






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






27. The standard tool for casting a production






28. Grammatically based






29. Linear events progress forward in time






30. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






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






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






34. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






35. Units of action that build emotional intensity






36. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






37. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






39. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






40. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






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






42. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






43. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






44. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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


47. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






48. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story






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






50. Part of What is included in the text