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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. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






2. Seats 500-1800; professional.






3. Historical accuracy






4. Historical accuracy






5. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






6. Attempts to represent reality on stage






7. 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






8. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






12. Seats 100-500; professional






13. 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.






14. Action - place - time






15. Physical commedy






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






17. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






18. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






19. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






21. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






22. Body - voice - mind

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23. Designs costumes for the show






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






25. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






30. Greatest dramatist of all time






31. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






32. 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






33. Standard tool for casting productions






34. Idea/script - sets - lights - costumes - props - performers






35. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






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






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






39. 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






40. Collection of mystery plays






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






42. Seats less than 100; amateur.






43. Handles business aspects of show






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






45. 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






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






47. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






48. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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

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50. 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