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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






3. Fee for each performance






4. 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






5. 'dancing space'






6. 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.






7. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






8. 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






9. Oversees artistic aspects of show






10. Actor in 5th century Greece






11. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






12. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






15. 'seeing place'






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






17. First director






18. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






20. Actor in 5th century Greece






21. Fee for each performance






22. Physical commedy






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






24. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






25. 'seeing place'






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






27. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






28. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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

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30. Scenery






31. Action - place - time






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






33. Spoken words






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






35. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






36. Sentences/paragraph structure






37. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






39. 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






40. Handles business aspects of show






41. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






43. Directors who operate with total control






44. Action - place - time






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






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






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






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






49. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






50. When line of action suddenly switches