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


2. 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






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






4. Seats less than 100; amateur.






5. First director






6. Handles business aspects of show






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






8. 'seeing place'






9. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






10. God of wine and fertility






11. Was in favor of theater






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






13. Spoken words






14. When line of action suddenly switches






15. 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.






16. Seats 500-1800; professional.






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






23. Collection of mystery plays






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






32. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






35. Seats less than 100; amateur.






36. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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






39. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






40. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






41. Creates a visual home for the play






42. Greatest dramatist of all time






43. God of wine and fertility






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


45. Author of play






46. 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






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






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






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






50. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C