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






2. Fee for each performance






3. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






4. Planned actor movement






5. Seats 100-500; professional






6. Designs costumes for the show






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






8. Pioneer of realism who challenged audiences to face their personal demons






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






10. God of wine and fertility






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






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

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13. When line of action suddenly switches






14. 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






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






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






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






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






19. 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.






20. Body - voice - mind

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21. Attempts to represent reality on stage






22. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






23. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






24. Secondary line of action






25. Generally rhyming






26. Saint's plays






27. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






28. Body - voice - mind

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29. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






30. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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






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






34. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






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. Seats 500-1800; professional.






37. 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






38. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






39. Secondary line of action






40. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






41. Directors who operate with total control






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






43. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






45. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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46. Action - place - time






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






48. The area farthest away from the audience






49. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






50. Seats 500-1800; professional.