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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. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






2. The era we are currently in






3. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






4. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






5. Controls the environment in the theatre






6. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






7. Linear events progress forward in time






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






9. Works published before 1923






10. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






11. England's type of theatre






12. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






14. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






15. Proscenium arch/stage






16. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






17. High point of action






18. Someone who writes plays






19. Ideas within the play






20. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






21. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






23. Units of action that build emotional intensity






24. Focused on thought - controversial






25. 'Father of Realism'






26. Information needed to understand the play






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






28. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






29. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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

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






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






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






34. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






35. Appearance of truth






36. Rejection of neoclassicism -






37. Italians






38. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






40. Proscenium arch/stage






41. Gas lights - etc.






42. 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






43. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






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






46. Events progress forward in time






47. Six elements - catharsis






48. 500-1800 people






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






50. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition