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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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

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3. Information needed to understand the play






4. Performs Actions of the Play






5. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






6. Was poetry for many years






7. High point of action






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

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9. Rhyming






10. Rejection of neoclassicism -






11. Verse






12. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






14. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






16. Events progress forward in time






17. Italians






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






19. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






21. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






22. Based on the lives of the saints






23. The first director






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






25. 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






26. A>B>C>D






27. Top of stage






28. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






29. 500-1800 people






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






31. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






32. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






33. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






34. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






36. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






37. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






38. Proscenium space






39. A group of actors - not just one star






40. Appearance of truth






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






42. Information needed to understand the play






43. Writer and first actor






44. Linear events progress forward in time






45. Grammatically based






46. Play reenacting biblical stories






47. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






49. Imitation of character and action






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







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