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Theatre Appreciation 2

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






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


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






4. Seats 500-1800; professional.






5. Scenery






6. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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






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


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






11. Director champions intention of playwright






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






13. Author of play






14. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






15. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






16. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






18. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






19. 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






20. Physical commedy






21. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






22. Standard tool for casting productions






23. 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






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






25. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information


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


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






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


29. 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.






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






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






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






33. Directors who operate with total control






34. 'seeing place'






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






36. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






38. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






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






41. Fee for each performance






42. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






43. Collection of mystery plays






44. Attempts to represent reality on stage






45. 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






46. Secondary line of action






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






48. 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.






49. Handles business aspects of show






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