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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. Rhyming






2. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






3. Proscenium arch/stage






4. Humorous - objective view point






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






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






7. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






9. Medea - The Bacchae






10. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






11. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






12. Events that set off a major conflict






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






14. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






15. Based on the lives of the saints






16. England's type of theatre






17. Units of action that build emotional intensity






18. Works published before 1923






19. Busiest person in the theatre






20. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






21. Main character






22. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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23. Events progress forward in time






24. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






25. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






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

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27. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






28. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






29. Ideas within the play






30. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






31. Causes trouble for the main character






32. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






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






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






35. Six elements - catharsis






36. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






37. A group of actors - not just one star






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






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






40. England's type of theatre






41. Rejection of neoclassicism -






42. Was poetry for many years






43. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






44. Units of action that build emotional intensity






45. Major character at odds with social expectations






46. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






47. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






48. A group of actors - not just one star






49. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






50. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.







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