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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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.






2. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






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






4. Attempts to represent reality on stage






5. 'dancing space'






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






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






8. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






9. Seats less than 100; amateur.






10. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






11. First director






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






13. Planned actor movement






14. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






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






17. 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






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


19. Seats 100-500; professional






20. Seats 500-1800; professional.






21. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






22. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






26. God of wine and fertility






27. Spoken words






28. Appearance of truth






29. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






30. Spoken words






31. 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






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


33. Action - place - time






34. 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






35. Sentences/paragraph structure






36. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion


37. 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.






38. Saint's plays






39. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






40. 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






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






42. Oversees artistic aspects of show






43. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






44. Generally rhyming






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






46. Seats less than 100; amateur.






47. Was in favor of theater






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






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






50. God of wine and fertility