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






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

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3. Was poetry for many years






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






5. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






6. Part of What is included in the text






7. Appearance of truth






8. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






9. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






11. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






13. Part of What is included in the text






14. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






16. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






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






18. Writer and first actor






19. Visible light source on stage






20. Performs Actions of the Play






21. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






22. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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






24. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






25. A fee for each performance






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






27. Ideas within the play






28. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






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






31. Causes trouble for the main character






32. Person who embodies a character on stage






33. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






35. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






36. Audience watches from 3 sides






37. 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)






38. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






39. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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40. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






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

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






44. Proscenium arch/stage






45. Humorous - objective view point






46. Rhyming






47. Gas lights - etc.






48. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






49. Series of short stories






50. Verse