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






2. Causes trouble for the main character






3. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






5. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






7. 500-1800 people






8. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






9. Medea - The Bacchae






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






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






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

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13. The first director






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






15. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






16. 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






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






18. Writer and first actor






19. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






21. The era we are currently in






22. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






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






25. Information needed to understand the play






26. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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27. Based on the lives of the saints






28. Grammatically based






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






30. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






31. Focused on thought - controversial






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






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






34. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






36. Emotional release






37. Information needed to understand the play






38. Controls the environment in the theatre






39. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






40. Performs Actions of the Play






41. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






42. Events that set off a major conflict






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






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

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45. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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46. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






47. The first director






48. Proscenium arch/stage






49. Linear events progress forward in time






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