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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. Body - voice - mind

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






3. 'seeing place'






4. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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5. Generally rhyming






6. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






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






8. Actor in 5th century Greece






9. 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






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






11. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






12. 'dancing space'






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






14. Planned actor movement






15. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






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






19. Standard tool for casting productions






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






21. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






22. Was in favor of theater






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






24. Attempts to represent reality on stage






25. Directors who operate with total control






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






27. Saint's plays






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






29. Historical accuracy






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






31. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






34. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






35. Scenery






36. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






37. Handles business aspects of show






38. Handles business aspects of show






39. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






41. Collection of mystery plays






42. Creates a visual home for the play






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






44. 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






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






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






47. Who or what opposes the central character






48. 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






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






50. 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