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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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2. Rhyming






3. The first director






4. Humorous - objective view point






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






6. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






7. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






9. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






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






13. Focused on thought - controversial






14. Emotional release






15. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






16. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






17. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






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






21. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






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






23. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






24. 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






25. Audience watches from 3 sides






26. The standard tool for casting a production






27. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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






29. 'Father of Realism'






30. Was poetry for many years






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






32. England's type of theatre






33. A fee for each performance






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






35. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






36. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






37. Medea - The Bacchae






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






39. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






41. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






42. Linear events progress forward in time






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






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






45. 500-1800 people






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






47. Linear events progress forward in time






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






49. Feel more in stage acting.






50. Based on the lives of the saints