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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. Action - place - time






2. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






3. 'dancing space'






4. Historical accuracy






5. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






6. Fee for each performance






7. Generally rhyming






8. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






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






10. Physical commedy






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






12. Standard tool for casting productions






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






14. Handles business aspects of show






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






16. Seats less than 100; amateur.






17. 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






18. Scenery






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

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






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






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






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






24. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






27. Fee for each performance






28. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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29. The area farthest away from the audience






30. Scenery






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






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






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






34. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






36. 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






37. 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






38. Generally rhyming






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






40. Saint's plays






41. 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






42. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






43. The area farthest away from the audience






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






45. 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






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






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






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






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






50. Appearance of truth