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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 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






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






3. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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






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






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






7. Saint's plays






8. Standard tool for casting productions






9. 'seeing place'






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






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






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






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






14. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






15. The area farthest away from the audience






16. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






17. 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






18. Director champions intention of playwright






19. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






20. Planned actor movement






21. Collection of mystery plays






22. Directors who operate with total control






23. Physical commedy






24. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






25. Generally rhyming






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






27. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






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






31. Seats 500-1800; professional.






32. Historical accuracy






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






34. 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






35. Designs costumes for the show






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






37. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






38. Was in favor of theater






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






40. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






41. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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






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






45. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






48. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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