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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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2. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






3. 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






4. First director






5. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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

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






8. Was in favor of theater






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






10. Who or what opposes the central character






11. Sentences/paragraph structure






12. The area farthest away from the audience






13. Fee for each performance






14. Body - voice - mind

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15. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






16. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






19. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






20. Seats 500-1800; professional.






21. Secondary line of action






22. Actor in 5th century Greece






23. 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






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






25. Generally rhyming






26. Central character






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






28. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






29. 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






30. Seats 100-500; professional






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






32. Saint's plays






33. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






34. Central character






35. Appearance of truth






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






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






38. Planned actor movement






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






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






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






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






43. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






44. 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.






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






46. Creates a visual home for the play






47. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






48. Changeable scenery for specific plays (tragedies - comedies - pastoral tragicomedies). Appeared as early as 1508 and standardized approaches to such scenery were popularized by Sebastian Serlio. Ex: Wings - flats






49. Body - voice - mind

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







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