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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When line of action suddenly switches






2. Saint's plays






3. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






5. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






7. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






9. Spoken words






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






11. Seats 500-1800; professional.






12. 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






13. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






22. Was in favor of theater






23. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






24. The area farthest away from the audience






25. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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

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27. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






28. Central character






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






30. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






33. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






34. 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






35. Standard tool for casting productions






36. 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






37. Action - place - time






38. Scenery






39. 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






40. Seats 100-500; professional






41. Scenery






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






43. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






44. Attempts to represent reality on stage






45. Bertolt Brecht; wanted audience to think about what they were seeing rather than blindly feel. Accomplished by interrupting dramatic moments.






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






47. Greatest dramatist of all time






48. Designs costumes for the show






49. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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