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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. Person who embodies a character on stage






2. Focused on thought - controversial






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






4. Works published before 1923






5. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






6. Rejection of neoclassicism -






7. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






8. Feel more in stage acting.






9. The first director






10. Works published before 1923






11. Top of stage






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






13. 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)






14. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






15. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






16. Italians






17. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






18. High point of action






19. Busiest person in the theatre






20. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






21. Used alienation to encourage distance






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

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23. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






24. Appearance of truth






25. A group of actors - not just one star






26. Used alienation to encourage distance






27. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






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






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






31. Based on the lives of the saints






32. Major character at odds with social expectations






33. Gas lights - etc.






34. High point of action






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






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






37. Italians






38. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






39. Units of action that build emotional intensity






40. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






41. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






42. Proscenium arch/stage






43. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






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






45. Information needed to understand the play






46. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






47. Rejection of neoclassicism -






48. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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






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