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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. Italians






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






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






4. High point of action






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






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






7. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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8. Linear events progress forward in time






9. Ideas within the play






10. Linear events progress forward in time






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






12. The era we are currently in






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






14. Top of stage






15. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






16. The first director






17. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






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






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






20. 500-1800 people






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






22. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






23. Proscenium arch/stage






24. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






25. Person who embodies a character on stage






26. 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






27. Visible light source on stage






28. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






29. Main character






30. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






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

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33. Imitation of character and action






34. England's type of theatre






35. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






41. Part of What is included in the text






42. 500-1800 people






43. Verse






44. Information needed to understand the play






45. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






46. Not many props or detailed scenery






47. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






48. Events that set off a major conflict






49. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






50. 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