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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. Appearance of truth






3. Based on the lives of the saints






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






5. Verse






6. 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)






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






8. Series of short stories






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






10. The standard tool for casting a production






11. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






12. The era we are currently in






13. 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)






14. Not many props or detailed scenery






15. Events that set off a major conflict






16. Ideas within the play






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






18. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






19. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






20. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






21. Humorous - objective view point






22. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






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






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






26. Rejection of neoclassicism -






27. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






28. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






30. Medea - The Bacchae






31. Person who embodies a character on stage






32. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






33. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






35. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






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






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






39. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






41. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






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






43. Greek - actor






44. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






45. 'Storm and stress'






46. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






47. High point of action






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






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






50. Visible light source on stage