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






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






3. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






5. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






7. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






10. Spoken words






11. Scenery






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






13. 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






14. Creates a visual home for the play






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






16. Body - voice - mind

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






18. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






19. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






20. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






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






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






24. Actor in 5th century Greece






25. 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






26. God of wine and fertility






27. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






31. 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






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






33. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






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






35. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






36. Attempts to represent reality on stage






37. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






39. Historical accuracy






40. 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






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






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






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






44. 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






45. 'seeing place'






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






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






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






49. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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