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






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






3. High point of action






4. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






6. 100-499 people






7. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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8. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






9. 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)






10. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






12. Visible light source on stage






13. Audience watches from 3 sides






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






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






16. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






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






19. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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

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






22. Was poetry for many years






23. Gas lights - etc.






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






25. Focused on thought - controversial






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






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






28. Italians






29. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






30. The era we are currently in






31. Emotional release






32. Humorous - objective view point






33. 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






34. 'Father of Realism'






35. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






36. Proscenium arch/stage






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






38. Six elements - catharsis






39. Controls the environment in the theatre






40. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






41. Medea - The Bacchae






42. Performs Actions of the Play






43. Information needed to understand the play






44. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






45. Rhyming






46. Grammatically based






47. 500-1800 people






48. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






49. Imitation of character and action






50. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata