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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. Planned actor movement






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






3. 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






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






5. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






6. Greatest dramatist of all time






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

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8. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






9. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






11. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






12. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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






15. Collection of mystery plays






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






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






18. Sentences/paragraph structure






19. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






20. Action - place - time






21. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






22. Seats less than 100; amateur.






23. Designs costumes for the show






24. Secondary line of action






25. Seats 100-500; professional






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

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






28. Father of Epic theater - wanted people to think about what they were seeing - alienation effect.






29. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






30. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






31. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






32. 'seeing place'






33. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






35. Designs costumes for the show






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






37. 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






38. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






39. Body - voice - mind

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40. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






41. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






42. 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






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






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






45. Sentences/paragraph structure






46. Secondary line of action






47. Who or what opposes the central character






48. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






49. 'dancing space'






50. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words