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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






2. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






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






4. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






6. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






7. Linear events progress forward in time






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






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






10. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






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






12. Was poetry for many years






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






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






15. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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

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17. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






18. Busiest person in the theatre






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

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20. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






21. Works published before 1923






22. Imitation of character and action






23. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






24. Feel more in stage acting.






25. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






26. Play reenacting biblical stories






27. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






28. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






30. Writer and first actor






31. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






32. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






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






34. Appearance of truth






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






36. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






37. 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)






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






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






40. Someone who writes plays






41. Humorous - objective view point






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






43. A fee for each performance






44. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






45. Series of short stories






46. 'Storm and stress'






47. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






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






49. 500-1800 people






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






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