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Theatre Appreciation 2

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. Who or what opposes the central character






2. Director champions intention of playwright






3. Fee for each performance






4. Directors who operate with total control






5. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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6. Central character






7. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






8. Designs costumes for the show






9. Secondary line of action






10. Author of play






11. Action - place - time






12. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






13. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






14. Spoken words






15. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment; the recognition that what happens on stage is not reality; literally - 'the distance of art'






16. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






17. A dramatic genre featuring a conflict between good and bad characters - fast paced action - a spectacular climax - and poetic justice






18. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






19. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






20. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






21. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






22. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






23. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






24. Secondary line of action






25. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






26. When line of action suddenly switches






27. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters

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28. Standard tool for casting productions






29. Saint's plays






30. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






31. Generally rhyming






32. Scenery






33. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






34. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






35. Seats less than 100; amateur.






36. Seats 500-1800; professional.






37. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






38. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






39. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






40. An actor/ audience configuration in which the audience is on only one side of the performance area; all audience members face the same direction.






41. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






42. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






43. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






44. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






45. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






46. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






47. Plot - character - thought - language - music - spectacle

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48. A movement of the late 19th century championing the depiction of everyday life on the stage and the frank treatment of social problems in the theatre. The plays of Henrick Ibsen of the 1870s were important in establishing a dramatic style for realism






49. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






50. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production