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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






3. Seats 500-1800; professional.






4. Scenery






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






6. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






7. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






8. Saint's plays






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






10. Saint's plays






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






12. Attempts to represent reality on stage






13. The area farthest away from the audience






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






15. Appearance of truth






16. Standard tool for casting productions






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






18. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






19. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






20. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






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






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






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






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






27. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






31. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






32. Appearance of truth






33. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






35. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






36. 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






37. Fee for each performance






38. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






39. Was in favor of theater






40. Central character






41. 'dancing space'






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






43. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






44. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






45. Attempts to represent reality on stage






46. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






47. The area farthest away from the audience






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






49. Planned actor movement






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







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