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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. Physical commedy






2. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






5. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






6. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






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


8. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






10. Planned actor movement






11. Who or what opposes the central character






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






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






14. Generally rhyming






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


16. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






17. Appearance of truth






18. First director






19. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


20. Saint's plays






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






22. Director champions intention of playwright






23. Author of play






24. Attempts to represent reality on stage






25. 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






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


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






28. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






29. Fee for each performance






30. 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






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






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






33. Historical accuracy






34. 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






35. 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






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






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






38. Secondary line of action






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






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






41. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






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


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






46. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






48. When line of action suddenly switches






49. Seats 100-500; professional






50. Greatest dramatist of all time