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






2. Controls the environment in the theatre






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






4. Units of action that build emotional intensity






5. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






6. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






7. Feel more in stage acting.






8. Information needed to understand the play






9. Controls the environment in the theatre






10. Used alienation to encourage distance






11. Busiest person in the theatre






12. Not many props or detailed scenery






13. Events that set off a major conflict






14. Works published before 1923






15. 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






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






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

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






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






20. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






22. 'Storm and stress'






23. Top of stage






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






25. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






26. Series of short stories






27. Audience watches from 3 sides






28. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






30. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






32. The standard tool for casting a production






33. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






34. Verse






35. Performs Actions of the Play






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






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






38. A group of actors - not just one star






39. The standard tool for casting a production






40. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






41. Major character at odds with social expectations






42. Busiest person in the theatre






43. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






45. Italians






46. Appearance of truth






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






48. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






49. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






50. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.