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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






2. Proscenium space






3. Appearance of truth






4. A fee for each performance






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






6. Major character at odds with social expectations






7. Linear events progress forward in time






8. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






9. Emotional release






10. Works published before 1923






11. Causes trouble for the main character






12. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






13. Rejection of neoclassicism -






14. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






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






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






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






19. Was poetry for many years






20. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






22. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






23. Person who embodies a character on stage






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


25. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






26. High point of action






27. Six elements - catharsis






28. Planned actor movement






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






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






31. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






33. Verse






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






35. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






36. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






37. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






39. 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)






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






41. Proscenium arch/stage






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


43. Greek - actor






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






45. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






47. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






48. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






49. Events that set off a major conflict






50. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience