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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. Seats 500-1800; professional.






2. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






4. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






5. Scenery






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






7. Fee for each performance






8. God of wine and fertility






9. Seats less than 100; amateur.






10. Director champions intention of playwright






11. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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






13. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






14. 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






15. First director






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






17. 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






18. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






19. Generally rhyming






20. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






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






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






25. Designs costumes for the show






26. Creates a visual home for the play






27. First director






28. Physical commedy






29. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






30. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






32. Directors who operate with total control






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






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






35. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






36. Action - place - time






37. 'dancing space'






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






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






40. Secondary line of action






41. Action - place - time






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






43. The area farthest away from the audience






44. Planned actor movement






45. Secondary line of action






46. Central character






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






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






49. 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






50. Handles business aspects of show