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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 visual home for the play






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






3. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






4. Body - voice - mind

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5. Was in favor of theater






6. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






7. Physical commedy






8. Handles business aspects of show






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






10. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






11. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






12. Spoken words






13. God of wine and fertility






14. Appearance of truth






15. Greatest dramatist of all time






16. 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






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






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






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






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






21. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






22. Sentences/paragraph structure






23. 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






24. 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






25. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






26. 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






27. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






28. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






30. Planned actor movement






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






32. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






34. Was in favor of theater






35. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






36. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






38. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






39. Saint's plays






40. Director champions intention of playwright






41. Oversees artistic aspects of show






42. An actor/audience configuration in which the audience completely surrounds the performance area






43. 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






44. Director champions intention of playwright






45. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






46. 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






47. Action - place - time






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






49. 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






50. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy