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Theatre Appreciation 2

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






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






3. 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






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






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. Planned actor movement






7. Spoken words






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






9. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






12. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






15. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






17. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






18. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






19. Standard tool for casting productions






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






21. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






22. 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






23. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






24. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






25. Author of play






26. Handles business aspects of show






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






28. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






29. 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






30. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






32. Central character






33. Author of play






34. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






35. 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






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






37. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






39. First director






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

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41. The area farthest away from the audience






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






43. 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






44. God of wine and fertility






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






46. 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






47. Director champions intention of playwright






48. Body - voice - mind

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






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