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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. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






2. Based on the lives of the saints






3. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






4. Linear events progress forward in time






5. Top of stage






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






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






8. Works published before 1923






9. The standard tool for casting a production






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






11. Writer and first actor






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






13. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






14. Emotional release






15. 500-1800 people






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






17. Units of action that build emotional intensity






18. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






19. Causes trouble for the main character






20. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






21. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






22. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






23. Linear events progress forward in time






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






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






26. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






27. Proscenium space






28. Rhyming






29. Was poetry for many years






30. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






31. Top of stage






32. Proscenium space






33. 100-499 people






34. 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)






35. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






37. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






38. Six elements - catharsis






39. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






40. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






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






43. Main character






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






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






46. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






48. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






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






50. Busiest person in the theatre