Test your basic knowledge |

Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Presentation style - external characteristics manipulated for desired effect - emphasis on vocal delivery






2. 'seeing place'






3. Central character






4. Creates a visual home for the play






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






6. 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






7. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






8. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






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






10. Planned actor movement






11. 'seeing place'






12. First director






13. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






14. Designs costumes for the show






15. Body - voice - mind


16. God of wine and fertility






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






18. 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






19. Sentences/paragraph structure






20. Directors who operate with total control






21. Saint's plays






22. Seats 100-500; professional






23. 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






24. Spoken words






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






26. Actor in 5th century Greece






27. Physical commedy






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






29. 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






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






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






32. Standard tool for casting productions






33. Who or what opposes the central character






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






35. Greatest dramatist of all time






36. 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.






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






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






39. Invented by the Italians - a large open arch that marks the primary division between audience and performance space in a proscenium space. The proscenium arch frames the action of the play for the audience and limits the view of backstage areas






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






41. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






44. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


45. Action - place - time






46. Body - voice - mind


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






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






49. 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






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