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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. Named after craftsmen. Had travelling players - masked performers - physical comedy - and stock characters

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2. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






3. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






5. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






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






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

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

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10. Attempts to represent reality on stage






11. 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






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






13. In a proscenium theatre - spaces offstage left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






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






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






16. 'dancing space'






17. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






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






21. 'seeing place'






22. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






24. Fee for each performance






25. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






28. Physical commedy






29. Appearance of truth






30. 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






31. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






32. Scenery






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






34. Greatest dramatist of all time






35. Historical accuracy






36. 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






37. Secondary line of action






38. Planned actor movement






39. 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






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






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

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42. Fee for each performance






43. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






44. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






46. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






48. The area farthest away from the audience






49. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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