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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. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






2. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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






4. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






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






9. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






12. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






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






16. 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






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






18. Fee for each performance






19. Generally rhyming






20. Sentences/paragraph structure






21. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






22. 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






23. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






26. 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






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






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

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29. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






30. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






32. Historical accuracy






33. Creates a visual home for the play






34. Who or what opposes the central character






35. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






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






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






39. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






40. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






41. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






42. 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






43. 'dancing space'






44. Collection of mystery plays






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






46. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






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






49. 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






50. Author of play