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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. Was in favor of theater






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






3. Action - place - time






4. Collection of mystery plays






5. Greatest dramatist of all time






6. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






7. Action - place - time






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






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






10. Secondary line of action






11. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






12. A picture created by a designer to communicate with other production personnel






13. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






14. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






15. 'dancing space'






16. 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






17. Handles business aspects of show






18. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






19. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






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






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






23. 'dancing space'






24. 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






25. Spoken words






26. Saint's plays






27. Author of play






28. Body - voice - mind

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29. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






30. Who or what opposes the central character






31. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






33. Designs costumes for the show






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






35. Actor in 5th century Greece






36. Appearance of truth






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






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






39. Appearance of truth






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






41. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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

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






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






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






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

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






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






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






50. Designs costumes for the show