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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. Appearance of truth






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






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


4. Seats 500-1800; professional.






5. Director champions intention of playwright






6. First director






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






8. Spoken words






9. Action - place - time






10. 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






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






12. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






13. 'seeing place'






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






15. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






17. Directors who operate with total control






18. Collection of mystery plays






19. Secondary line of action






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






21. 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






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






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






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






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






26. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






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






28. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






29. Designs costumes for the show






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






31. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






32. Attempts to represent reality on stage






33. Collection of mystery plays






34. Saint's plays






35. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






36. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






37. Seats 100-500; professional






38. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






39. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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


42. Standard tool for casting productions






43. Scenery






44. The area farthest away from the audience






45. Scenery






46. A movement that rejected nearly every aspect of neoclassicism - celebrated the natural world - and valued intense emotion and individuality.






47. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






48. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






50. Generally rhyming