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






2. 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






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






4. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






5. 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.






6. Physical commedy






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






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






9. Central character






10. Body - voice - mind

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






12. Appearance of truth






13. The area farthest away from the audience






14. Greatest dramatist of all time






15. Seats less than 100; amateur.






16. Historical accuracy






17. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






18. Secondary line of action






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






20. Body - voice - mind

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21. When line of action suddenly switches






22. Action - place - time






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






24. 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






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






26. Action - place - time






27. 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






28. 'dancing space'






29. Saint's plays






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






31. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






35. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience is on 3 sides of the performance area. (maybe theatre)






36. Generally rhyming






37. 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






38. Scenery






39. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






40. Fee for each performance






41. Standard tool for casting productions






42. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






44. Directors who operate with total control






45. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






50. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights