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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. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






2. 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






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






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






5. 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






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






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






8. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






9. 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






10. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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

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13. Scenery






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






15. Who or what opposes the central character






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






17. Central character






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






19. The area farthest away from the audience






20. Fee for each performance






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






22. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






24. Secondary line of action






25. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






26. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






28. Physical commedy






29. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






31. Spoken words






32. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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33. When line of action suddenly switches






34. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






35. A musical play that tells a story and has spoken words as well as songs






36. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






37. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






38. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






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






40. Generally rhyming






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






42. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






44. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






45. Physical commedy






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

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






48. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






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