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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. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






2. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






3. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






5. Focused on thought - controversial






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






7. Gas lights - etc.






8. Based on the lives of the saints






9. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






10. A group of actors - not just one star






11. Series of short stories






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






13. Based on the lives of the saints






14. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






15. Feel more in stage acting.






16. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






17. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






18. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






20. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






21. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






22. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






23. Was poetry for many years






24. Person who embodies a character on stage






25. Controls the environment in the theatre






26. Planned actor movement






27. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






28. Six elements - catharsis






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






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






31. A fee for each performance






32. High point of action






33. Information needed to understand the play






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






35. Works published before 1923






36. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






37. Rhyming






38. Major character at odds with social expectations






39. Greek - actor






40. The era we are currently in






41. Top of stage






42. Events that set off a major conflict






43. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






44. Linear events progress forward in time






45. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






47. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






48. The standard tool for casting a production






49. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






50. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax