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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






2. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






3. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






4. Writer and first actor






5. Organization of action






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






7. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






8. A>B>C>D






9. Information needed to understand the play






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






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






12. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






13. Ideas within the play






14. Part of What is included in the text






15. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






16. Someone who writes plays






17. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






18. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






19. 100-499 people






20. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






21. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






22. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






23. High point of action






24. A>B>C>D






25. The standard tool for casting a production






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






27. Proscenium space






28. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






29. 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)






30. Major character at odds with social expectations






31. The standard tool for casting a production






32. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






33. A group of actors - not just one star






34. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






35. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






36. 'Father of Realism'






37. Proscenium space






38. Rejection of neoclassicism -






39. Events that set off a major conflict






40. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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41. Greek - actor






42. Emotional release






43. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






44. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






47. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






49. 100-499 people






50. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience