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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. The area farthest away from the audience






2. Designs costumes for the show






3. Handles business aspects of show






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






5. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






8. 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






9. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






11. Secondary line of action






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






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

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






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






16. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






18. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






19. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






21. 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






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






23. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






24. 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






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






26. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






28. Author of play






29. Body - voice - mind

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30. 'dancing space'






31. Physical commedy






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






33. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






34. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






35. Scenery






36. Collection of mystery plays






37. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






38. Collection of mystery plays






39. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






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






42. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






43. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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44. Seats 100-500; professional






45. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






46. 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






47. Planned actor movement






48. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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







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