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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. Information needed to understand the play






2. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






3. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






5. England's type of theatre






6. Italians






7. Verse






8. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






9. Humorous - objective view point






10. Main character






11. Planned actor movement






12. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






13. The era we are currently in






14. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






15. Part of What is included in the text






16. Ideas within the play






17. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






19. Based on the lives of the saints






20. Rhyming






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






22. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






24. Person who embodies a character on stage






25. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






27. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






28. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






30. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






31. Verse






32. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






33. 100-499 people






34. Italians






35. Six elements - catharsis






36. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






37. Proscenium arch/stage






38. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






39. Gas lights - etc.






40. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






41. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






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






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






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






46. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






48. Appearance of truth






49. Controls the environment in the theatre






50. The audience seating are 'sitting place'