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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. Top of stage






2. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






3. Medea - The Bacchae






4. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






5. Rejection of neoclassicism -






6. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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7. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






9. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






11. England's type of theatre






12. Events that set off a major conflict






13. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






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






16. Controls the environment in the theatre






17. Linear events progress forward in time






18. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






19. Planned actor movement






20. Ideas within the play






21. The standard tool for casting a production






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






23. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






24. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






25. Linear events progress forward in time






26. 'Father of Realism'






27. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






29. Rhyming






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






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






32. Writer and first actor






33. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






34. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






36. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






37. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






39. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






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






41. Was poetry for many years






42. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






43. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






44. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






45. 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)






46. Greek - actor






47. Proscenium space






48. Six elements - catharsis






49. Audience watches from 3 sides






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