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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. Directors who operate with total control






2. Action - place - time






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






4. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






7. Secondary line of action






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






9. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






11. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






12. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






13. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






14. When line of action suddenly switches






15. God of wine and fertility






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






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






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






19. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






20. 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






21. Seats 500-1800; professional.






22. 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






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

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






25. Standard tool for casting productions






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






27. 'dancing space'






28. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






31. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






32. Actor in 5th century Greece






33. 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






34. Appearance of truth






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






36. Fee for each performance






37. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






38. 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






39. 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






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






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






42. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






44. Historical accuracy






45. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






46. Generally rhyming






47. Creates a visual home for the play






48. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






50. Actor in 5th century Greece