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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. Seats 100-500; professional






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






3. 'seeing place'






4. Appearance of truth






5. Creates a visual home for the play






6. Fee for each performance






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






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






9. Controls the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information (time and place).






10. 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






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






12. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






13. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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14. Directors who operate with total control






15. Sentences/paragraph structure






16. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






17. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






19. Scenery






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






21. Standard tool for casting productions






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






23. 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






24. 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






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






26. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






27. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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

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29. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






30. Historical accuracy






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

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

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33. Generally rhyming






34. Commercial (meant to make profit). Non-profit (profits go to production of future plays. May be professional or amateur.)






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






36. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






38. The most popular form of performance in the 20th century






39. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






40. Body - voice - mind

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






42. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






43. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






44. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






46. 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






47. Silhouette (overall shape) - color - texture - accent






48. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






49. Spoken words






50. Historical accuracy