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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






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






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






4. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






6. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






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






8. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






11. Seats 100-500; professional






12. Central character






13. Passageways located underneath the seating that generally give access to the stage. (there are some in Maybee theatre






14. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






15. Sentences/paragraph structure






16. Saint's plays






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


18. Action - place - time






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






20. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






21. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






22. Actor in 5th century Greece






23. 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.






24. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






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






27. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






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






31. First director






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


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






34. Was in favor of theater






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






36. 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






37. 'seeing place'






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






39. Designs costumes for the show






40. 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






41. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






42. 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






43. Standard tool for casting productions






44. 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






45. Author of play






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






47. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






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






49. Seats 500-1800; professional.






50. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation