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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. Information needed to understand the play






2. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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






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






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

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6. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






7. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






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






10. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






11. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






13. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






15. 'Father of Realism'






16. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






17. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






19. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






20. 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






21. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






22. 'Storm and stress'






23. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






24. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






25. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






26. Greek - actor






27. The first director






28. Medea - The Bacchae






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






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






31. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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32. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






33. A>B>C>D






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






35. Part of What is included in the text






36. Causes trouble for the main character






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






38. Writer and first actor






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






40. Audience watches from 3 sides






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






42. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






43. Humorous - objective view point






44. England's type of theatre






45. Someone who writes plays






46. Rejection of neoclassicism -






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






48. Humorous - objective view point






49. Series of short stories






50. Busiest person in the theatre