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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 'dancing space'






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






3. Director champions intention of playwright






4. Standard tool for casting productions






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






6. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






7. Scenery






8. Appearance of truth






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






10. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






11. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






12. Handles business aspects of show






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






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






15. Fee for each performance






16. 'seeing place'






17. Greatest dramatist of all time






18. Secondary line of action






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






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






21. Planned actor movement






22. When line of action suddenly switches






23. Physical commedy






24. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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25. Planned actor movement






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

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






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






29. Historical accuracy






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






31. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






32. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






33. Theatre where Shakespeare's company of actors worked primarily






34. 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






35. 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






36. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






37. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






38. 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






39. 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






40. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






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






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. Action - place - time






50. Attempts to represent reality on stage







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