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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 picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






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






4. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






5. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






6. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






7. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






8. Greek - actor






9. Part of What is included in the text






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






11. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






12. Not many props or detailed scenery






13. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






14. The standard tool for casting a production






15. Main character






16. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






17. A fee for each performance






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






19. 'Father of Realism'






20. Humorous - objective view point






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






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






23. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






24. Organization of action






25. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






27. Focused on thought - controversial






28. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






29. Proscenium arch/stage






30. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






31. Italians






32. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






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






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






36. Based on the lives of the saints






37. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






38. Proscenium space






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






40. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






41. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






42. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






43. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






44. Units of action that build emotional intensity






45. Writer and first actor






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






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

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






49. Performs Actions of the Play






50. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space