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






2. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






3. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






4. 'Father of Realism'






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






6. Causes trouble for the main character






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






8. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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

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10. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






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






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






14. Italians






15. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






16. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






17. A fee for each performance






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






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






20. Proscenium space






21. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






22. Series of short stories






23. Feel more in stage acting.






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






25. Play reenacting biblical stories






26. Imitation of character and action






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






28. Writer and first actor






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






30. Emotional release






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






32. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






34. Not many props or detailed scenery






35. Gas lights - etc.






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






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






38. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






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






41. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






42. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






43. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






44. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






46. Performs Actions of the Play






47. Six elements - catharsis






48. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






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






50. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead