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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






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






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






4. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






6. 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






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






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






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






10. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






11. 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






12. 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






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






14. Planned actor movement






15. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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






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






19. 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






20. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






21. Secondary line of action






22. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






23. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






25. Planned actor movement






26. When line of action suddenly switches






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






28. 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.






29. Collection of mystery plays






30. 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






31. Actor in 5th century Greece






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

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






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






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






36. Secondary line of action






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






38. Action - place - time






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






41. Seats less than 100; amateur.






42. Physical commedy






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

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






45. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






47. First director






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






49. Standard tool for casting productions






50. Seats 500-1800; professional.