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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. Designs costumes for the show






2. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






5. 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






6. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






7. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






10. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






12. Scenery






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






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






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

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






17. 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






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






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






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






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






22. 'dancing space'






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






24. 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






25. God of wine and fertility






26. Designs costumes for the show






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






28. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Sentences/paragraph structure






35. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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

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37. Director champions intention of playwright






38. 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






39. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






40. Action - place - time






41. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






42. Appearance of truth






43. Creates a visual home for the play






44. Author of play






45. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






46. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






48. 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






49. Greatest dramatist of all time






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

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