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






2. Events progress forward in time






3. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






4. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






5. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






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






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


8. 100-499 people






9. Italians






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






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






12. Major character at odds with social expectations






13. Part of What is included in the text






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






15. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






16. Based on the lives of the saints






17. Performs Actions of the Play






18. England's type of theatre






19. Focused on thought - controversial






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






21. England's type of theatre






22. A fee for each performance






23. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






25. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






26. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






27. Events that set off a major conflict






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






29. Someone who writes plays






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






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






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






33. Person who embodies a character on stage






34. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






35. Was poetry for many years






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






37. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






38. Audience watches from 3 sides






39. Events progress forward in time






40. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






42. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






43. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






44. Planned actor movement






45. Grammatically based






46. Gas lights - etc.






47. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






48. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






49. 'Father of Realism'






50. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience