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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 group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






2. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






3. The era we are currently in






4. Based on the lives of the saints






5. A>B>C>D






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

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






8. Performs Actions of the Play






9. Busiest person in the theatre






10. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






12. Major character at odds with social expectations






13. Italians






14. 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






15. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






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






18. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






20. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






21. The standard tool for casting a production






22. Play reenacting biblical stories






23. Proscenium arch/stage






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

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25. Humorous - objective view point






26. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






27. 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)






28. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






30. Not many props or detailed scenery






31. 500-1800 people






32. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






33. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






34. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






35. A fee for each performance






36. Greek - actor






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






38. Proscenium arch/stage






39. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






40. A group of actors - not just one star






41. 'Father of Realism'






42. Six elements - catharsis






43. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






44. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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45. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






47. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






48. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






49. Series of short stories






50. Causes trouble for the main character