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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. Person who embodies a character on stage






2. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






3. Used alienation to encourage distance






4. A>B>C>D






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






6. Linear events progress forward in time






7. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






9. High point of action






10. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






11. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






12. 'Father of Realism'






13. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






14. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






15. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






16. Series of short stories






17. 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






18. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






19. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






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






22. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






23. Based on the lives of the saints






24. Major character at odds with social expectations






25. Proscenium arch/stage






26. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






27. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






28. 500-1800 people






29. Causes trouble for the main character






30. Ideas within the play






31. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






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






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






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






36. Focused on thought - controversial






37. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






39. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






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






42. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






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






45. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






46. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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47. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






48. Main character






49. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






50. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society