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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






2. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






3. Audience watches from 3 sides






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






5. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






6. Imitation of character and action






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






8. Performs Actions of the Play






9. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






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






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


13. Planned actor movement






14. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






15. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






17. Italians






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






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






20. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






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






23. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






24. A group of actors - not just one star






25. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






26. Humorous - objective view point






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






28. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






29. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






31. Audience watches from 3 sides






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






33. Feel more in stage acting.






34. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






35. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






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






38. Events that set off a major conflict






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






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






41. Visible light source on stage






42. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






44. Works published before 1923






45. Events progress forward in time






46. Based on the lives of the saints






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






48. 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






49. Events that set off a major conflict






50. Was poetry for many years