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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. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






2. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






3. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






4. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






5. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






6. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






7. Appearance of truth






8. Proscenium arch/stage






9. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






10. Ideas within the play






11. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






12. Humorous - objective view point






13. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






14. The standard tool for casting a production






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






16. Gas lights - etc.






17. Play reenacting biblical stories






18. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






19. Imitation of character and action






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






21. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






22. A group of actors - not just one star






23. Series of short stories






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






25. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






26. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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






28. Grammatically based






29. 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






30. Medea - The Bacchae






31. Main character






32. Rejection of neoclassicism -






33. Planned actor movement






34. A fee for each performance






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






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






37. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






38. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






39. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






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






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






42. Works published before 1923






43. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






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






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


47. Units of action that build emotional intensity






48. Emotional release






49. Six elements - catharsis






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