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






2. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






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






4. 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






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






6. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






7. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






10. Author of play






11. Author of play






12. God of wine and fertility






13. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






18. Director champions intention of playwright






19. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






21. Fee for each performance






22. Planned actor movement






23. Body (dance - martial arts) - voice (projection - articulation - breathing) - and mind (improve - script analysis - character development)

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






25. Fee for each performance






26. Scenery






27. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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

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






30. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






32. Standard tool for casting productions






33. 'seeing place'






34. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






35. Historical accuracy






36. Action - place - time






37. Body - voice - mind

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38. Was in favor of theater






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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Appearance of truth






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






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






47. 'dancing space'






48. Seats 100-500; professional






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






50. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production