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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






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






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


5. 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






6. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






7. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






8. 'dancing space'






9. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






10. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






11. Historical accuracy






12. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






13. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






14. God of wine and fertility






15. The area farthest away from the audience






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






17. Saint's plays






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






19. When line of action suddenly switches






20. Central character






21. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






22. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






23. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)


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






25. Central character






26. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






29. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






30. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






31. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






32. First director






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






34. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






35. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






36. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






37. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






38. Planned actor movement






39. Physical commedy






40. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






41. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


42. Collection of mystery plays






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






44. Greatest dramatist of all time






45. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






46. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






47. Sentences/paragraph structure






48. Seats 100-500; professional






49. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






50. 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