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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. A fee for each performance






2. Italians






3. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






5. Events that set off a major conflict






6. Not many props or detailed scenery






7. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






8. Verse






9. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






10. The era we are currently in






11. Linear events progress forward in time






12. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






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






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






15. A group of actors - not just one star






16. Person who embodies a character on stage






17. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






18. Person who embodies a character on stage






19. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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

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






22. 500-1800 people






23. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






24. Rejection of neoclassicism -






25. Linear events progress forward in time






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






27. Ideas within the play






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






29. A>B>C>D






30. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






31. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






32. 100-499 people






33. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






34. Six elements - catharsis






35. Visible light source on stage






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






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






38. Focused on thought - controversial






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






40. Rhyming






41. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






42. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






43. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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44. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






45. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






46. Gas lights - etc.






47. Part of What is included in the text






48. Play reenacting biblical stories






49. Top of stage






50. England's type of theatre