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






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






3. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






4. 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






5. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






7. Attempts to represent reality on stage






8. Author of play






9. Action - place - time






10. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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11. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






12. 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.






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






14. Body - voice - mind

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15. 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






16. Was in favor of theater






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






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

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






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






21. Saint's plays






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






23. Physical commedy






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






25. Standard tool for casting productions






26. A musical play that tells a story and has spoken words as well as songs






27. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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

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29. Generally rhyming






30. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






31. Greatest dramatist of all time






32. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






33. Handles business aspects of show






34. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






35. 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






36. Fee for each performance






37. Sentences/paragraph structure






38. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






40. Historical accuracy






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






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






43. Who or what opposes the central character






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






45. 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






46. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






48. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






49. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






50. Who or what opposes the central character