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






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

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






4. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. Was in favor of theater






13. Planned actor movement






14. 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






15. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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16. Attempts to represent reality on stage






17. Was in favor of theater






18. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






20. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






21. God of wine and fertility






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






23. Body - voice - mind

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






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






26. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






27. Generally rhyming






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






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






30. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






31. 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






32. Director champions intention of playwright






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






34. 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






35. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






36. Seats 500-1800; professional.






37. 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.






38. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






39. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






40. First director






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






42. 'seeing place'






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






44. Action - place - time






45. 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






46. Physical commedy






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






48. 'dancing space'






49. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






50. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C