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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. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






2. Not many props or detailed scenery






3. Gas lights - etc.






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

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5. Rhyming






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






7. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






8. Part of What is included in the text






9. Units of action that build emotional intensity






10. Audience watches from 3 sides






11. Controls the environment in the theatre






12. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






13. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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

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15. 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






16. Visible light source on stage






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






18. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






19. Humorous - objective view point






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






21. Grammatically based






22. Proscenium space






23. Part of What is included in the text






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






25. Appearance of truth






26. Humorous - objective view point






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






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






29. 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)






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






31. Emotional release






32. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






33. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






34. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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35. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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

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






38. Person who embodies a character on stage






39. Series of short stories






40. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






41. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






42. 'Father of Realism'






43. Information needed to understand the play






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






45. Ideas within the play






46. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






47. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






48. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






49. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






50. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)