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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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






3. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






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






5. Verse






6. Ideas within the play






7. Writer and first actor






8. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






9. 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






10. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






12. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






13. Major character at odds with social expectations






14. Feel more in stage acting.






15. Busiest person in the theatre






16. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






18. England's type of theatre






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






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






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






22. A group of actors - not just one star






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






24. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






25. Works published before 1923






26. Organization of action






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






28. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






29. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






31. Focused on thought - controversial






32. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






33. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






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






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






36. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






38. A fee for each performance






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

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40. Rejection of neoclassicism -






41. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






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






43. Emotional release






44. Humorous - objective view point






45. Causes trouble for the main character






46. The era we are currently in






47. Emotional release






48. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






49. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






50. Part of What is included in the text