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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. Linear events progress forward in time






2. Events that set off a major conflict






3. Events progress forward in time






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






5. Medea - The Bacchae






6. High point of action






7. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






8. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






9. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






10. Play reenacting biblical stories






11. Six elements - catharsis






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






13. Units of action that build emotional intensity






14. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






15. Gas lights - etc.






16. Greek - actor






17. 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






18. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






19. Busiest person in the theatre






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






21. 'Father of Realism'






22. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






23. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






24. Used alienation to encourage distance






25. Proscenium space






26. Top of stage






27. Causes trouble for the main character






28. Writer and first actor






29. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






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






31. Gas lights - etc.






32. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






33. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






34. Audience watches from 3 sides






35. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






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






37. Rhyming






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






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






40. Events progress forward in time






41. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






42. Series of short stories






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






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






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






46. Information needed to understand the play






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

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48. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






49. Based on the lives of the saints






50. Focused on thought - controversial