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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Generally rhyming






3. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






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






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

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






9. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






10. Creates a visual home for the play






11. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






13. God of wine and fertility






14. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






16. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






17. Director champions intention of playwright






18. Was in favor of theater






19. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






20. Sentences/paragraph structure






21. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






23. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






24. The area farthest away from the audience






25. God of wine and fertility






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






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






28. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






29. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






30. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






31. 'dancing space'






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






33. 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






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






35. Seats 100-500; professional






36. 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






37. The area farthest away from the audience






38. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






40. Author of play






41. First director






42. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






43. Attempts to represent reality on stage






44. Central character






45. 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






46. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






47. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






48. 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






49. Fee for each performance






50. Saint's plays