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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






2. Rhyming






3. 100-499 people






4. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






6. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






7. Events progress forward in time






8. Appearance of truth






9. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






10. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






11. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






12. Planned actor movement






13. Was poetry for many years






14. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






16. 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)






17. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






18. Rhyming






19. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






20. Rejection of neoclassicism -






21. High point of action






22. Major character at odds with social expectations






23. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






24. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






26. Top of stage






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






28. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






29. Linear events progress forward in time






30. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






31. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






33. Emotional release






34. Organization of action






35. Works published before 1923






36. Proscenium arch/stage






37. Humorous - objective view point






38. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






39. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






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






42. Based on the lives of the saints






43. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






45. 'Father of Realism'






46. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






47. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






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






49. Play reenacting biblical stories






50. Rejection of neoclassicism -







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