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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. A>B>C>D






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






4. Units of action that build emotional intensity






5. Causes trouble for the main character






6. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






7. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






9. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






10. Someone who writes plays






11. 'Storm and stress'






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






13. Proscenium arch/stage






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






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






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






17. The era we are currently in






18. Based on the lives of the saints






19. Six elements - catharsis






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






21. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






22. Greek - actor






23. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






24. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






26. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






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






28. High point of action






29. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






30. Verse






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






32. Part of What is included in the text






33. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






35. Series of short stories






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






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






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






39. Performs Actions of the Play






40. 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)






41. Imitation of character and action






42. Visible light source on stage






43. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






45. 'Father of Realism'






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






47. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






48. Someone who writes plays






49. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






50. Grammatically based