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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






3. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






4. A fee for each performance






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

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






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






8. Person who embodies a character on stage






9. 100-499 people






10. 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






11. Events that set off a major conflict






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






13. A group of actors - not just one star






14. Not many props or detailed scenery






15. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






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






18. Busiest person in the theatre






19. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






20. The era we are currently in






21. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






23. Rejection of neoclassicism -






24. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






25. A fee for each performance






26. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






27. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






29. Emotional release






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






31. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






33. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






34. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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35. 'Storm and stress'






36. Major character at odds with social expectations






37. The era we are currently in






38. Greek - actor






39. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






40. Six elements - catharsis






41. Linear events progress forward in time






42. 'Father of Realism'






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






44. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






45. Writer and first actor






46. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






47. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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48. Works published before 1923






49. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






50. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata







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