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Theatre Appreciation
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1. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society
ostume Plot
Empathy
Plato
Neoclassicism (def)
2. 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)
Sense Memory
Dramatic Genre
The Meaning of the Neoclassic Unities
Exposition
3. Events progress forward in time
Orchestra
ostume Plot
Melodrama
Linear Plot
4. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations
Situation Comedy
Light Plot
Thrust Space
Melodrama
5. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.
Situation Comedy
Anton Chekhov
Representational Approach
Community Theatre
6. Imitation of character and action
Mimesis
Downstage
Callbacks
Blocking
7. Top of stage
Vomitories
Dramatic Genre
Upstage
Romanticism & Romantic Theory
8. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre
Proscenium Space
Casting Director
University Wits
Commedia Dell'Arte
9. Appearance of truth
Verisimilitude
Rising Action
Lazzi
Copyright
10. Feel more in stage acting.
Dramaturg
Downstage
Subtext
Difference Between Stage & Film Acting
11. Not many props or detailed scenery
Light Plot
Renaissance
Hypokrites
The Box Set
12. Ideas within the play
Commedia Dell'Arte
Konstantin Stanislavski
Off-Off-Broadway
Thought
13. 'Father of Realism'
Broadway
Rising Action
Henrik Ibsen
Postmodernism
14. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production
Plato's Attitude Toward Theatre
Thought
Director
Who was the Proscenium Invented by?
15. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors
What Does It Mean to 'See in 3D'?
Commercial Theatre
Which Type of Language Was Used First by Playwrights?
Comedy of Manners
16. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's
Light Plot
Postmodernism
Avant-Garde
Skene
17. A group of actors - not just one star
Duke of Saxe Meiningen
Fourth Wall
Ensemble
Amateur Theatre
18. The era we are currently in
Postmodernism
Fourth Wall
Climax
Representational Approach
19. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations
Plot
Bertolt Brecht
Non-Profit Theatre
The Meaning of the Neoclassic Goals That Define Verisimilitude
20. Silhouette - color - texture - accent
Auditions
Causal Play Structure
Affective Memory
Variables of Costume Design
21. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience
Commercial Theatre
Representational Acting
Sophocles
Hybrid Theatre
22. Focused on thought - controversial
Sturm & Drang Movement
William Shakespeare
Comedy of Ideas
Producer
23. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society
Comedy of Manners
Falling Action
Plato
Difference Between Stage & Film Acting
24. Organization of action
Henrik Ibsen
Plot
Regional Theatre
Miracle Plays
25. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays
William Shakespeare
Conflict
Comedy of Character
Callbacks
26. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed
Ground Plan
Henrik Ibsen
Tragicomedy
Community Theatre
27. Imitation of character and action
Linear Plot
Mimesis
Rendering
Konstantin Stanislavski
28. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung
Commedia Dell'Arte
Inciting Incident
Light Plot
Aeschylus
29. Units of action that build emotional intensity
Character
Rising Action
Realism and Realistic Developments
Empathy
30. High point of action
Romanticism & Romantic Theory
Climax
Tragicomedy
Linear Plot
31. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor
Bertolt Brecht
Pageants
Sophocles
Emile Zola
32. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations
Affective Memory
Hybrid Theatre
Tragicomedy
Practical
33. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'
Sophocles
Pageants
Printing Press
Emile Zola
34. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood
Emile Zola
Amateur Theatre
Non-Profit Theatre
Tragicomedy
35. Rhyming
Sophocles
Verse
Process of Director/Designer Collaboration
William Shakespeare
36. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)
Lazzi
Representational Acting
Off-Off-Broadway
What Does It Mean to 'See in 3D'?
37. Planned actor movement
Blocking
Euripides
Broadway
University Wits
38. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre
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39. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting
Stage Manager
Meyerhold
Aeschylus
Aesthetic Distance
40. Works published before 1923
Playwright
Broadway
Public Domain
Producer
41. Based on the lives of the saints
Miracle Plays
Aristotle's Six Elements of a Play
Linear Plot
Wings
42. Used alienation to encourage distance
Subtext
Bertolt Brecht
Aesthetic Distance
ostume Plot
43. Main character
Protagonist
Henrik Ibsen
Representational Approach
Konstantin Stanislavski
44. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days
Subtext
Cycles
Reversal
Off-Off-Broadway
45. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung
Subplot
Light Plot
Mystery Plays
Emile Zola
46. Used alienation to encourage distance
Bertolt Brecht
Anton Chekhov
Euripides
Blocking
47. Space can be manipulated to suit the production
Avant-Garde
Black Box
Casting Director
Producer
48. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre
The Progression of Elements in a Causal Play Structure
Process of Director/Designer Collaboration
Regional Theatre
Educational Theatre
49. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite
Process of Director/Designer Collaboration
Reversal
Playwright
William Shakespeare
50. A>B>C>D
Dialogue
Mystery Plays
Wings
The Progression of Elements in a Causal Play Structure
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