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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. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






2. Emotional release






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


4. Proscenium space






5. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






6. Causes trouble for the main character






7. Rhyming






8. Was poetry for many years






9. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






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






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






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






13. Linear events progress forward in time






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






15. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






16. Feel more in stage acting.






17. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






18. Medea - The Bacchae






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






20. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






22. 'Storm and stress'






23. Gas lights - etc.






24. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






25. Based on the lives of the saints






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






27. Ideas within the play






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






29. Used alienation to encourage distance






30. 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






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






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






33. Used alienation to encourage distance






34. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Top of stage






42. Imitation of character and action






43. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






44. A fee for each performance






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






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






47. Performs Actions of the Play






48. Main character






49. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






50. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage