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






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






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






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






5. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






6. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






8. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






9. Seats 500-1800; professional.






10. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






12. Author of play






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






14. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






15. 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






16. Seats 500-1800; professional.






17. 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






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






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

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






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






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






23. 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






24. Spoken words






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






26. Designs costumes for the show






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

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28. Saint's plays






29. The area farthest away from the audience






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






31. The area farthest away from the audience






32. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






33. Creates a visual home for the play






34. Sentences/paragraph structure






35. When line of action suddenly switches






36. Planned actor movement






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






38. Central character






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






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






41. 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






42. Scenery






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






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






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






46. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






47. Seats less than 100; amateur.






48. Directors who operate with total control






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






50. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected