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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Secondary line of action






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






3. 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






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






5. Attempts to represent reality on stage






6. 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






7. Handles business aspects of show






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






9. Directors who operate with total control






10. 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






11. 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






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






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






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






15. Body - voice - mind

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16. When line of action suddenly switches






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






18. Physical commedy






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






20. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






22. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






23. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






24. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






25. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






26. Seats 500-1800; professional.






27. When line of action suddenly switches






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






29. Author of play






30. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






32. 'seeing place'






33. Action - place - time






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






35. Spoken words






36. 'dancing space'






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

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38. Fee for each performance






39. Historical accuracy






40. Fee for each performance






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






42. Attempts to represent reality on stage






43. 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






44. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






45. Greatest dramatist of all time






46. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






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






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







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