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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. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






4. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






7. Physical commedy






8. In charge of communication and call cues. 'Busiest person in theater.'






9. Creates a visual home for the play






10. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






11. Appearance of truth






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


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






14. Oversees artistic aspects of show






15. Fee for each performance






16. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






17. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






18. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






19. Spoken words






20. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






21. Scenery






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






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






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






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






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






27. Author of play






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






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






30. Standard tool for casting productions






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






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


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






34. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






35. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


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






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






38. Sentences/paragraph structure






39. First director






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






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






42. Was in favor of theater






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






44. Generally rhyming






45. 'dancing space'






46. Action - place - time






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






48. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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