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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. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






3. Seats less than 100; amateur.






4. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






5. Action - place - time






6. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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

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8. 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






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






10. 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.






11. Physical commedy






12. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






13. Attempts to represent reality on stage






14. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






15. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






17. A musical play that tells a story and has spoken words as well as songs






18. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






19. Fee for each performance






20. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






22. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






24. The area farthest away from the audience






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






26. First director






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






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

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29. 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






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






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






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






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






34. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






35. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






36. Action - place - time






37. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






38. Spoken words






39. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






41. 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






42. Central character






43. Set at an angle. Early proscenium theatres featured a raked stage: the stage was elevated much higher at the back of the stage (upstage) than closer to the stage (downstage). Modern designers sometimes build a raked stage for a particular production






44. Who or what opposes the central character






45. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






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






49. Body - voice - mind

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50. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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