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






2. Saint's plays






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






4. Was in favor of theater






5. Handles business aspects of show






6. Seats 500-1800; professional.






7. Standard tool for casting productions






8. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






10. 'seeing place'






11. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






12. Generally rhyming






13. Who or what opposes the central character






14. 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






15. Spoken words






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






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






23. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






25. 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






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






27. 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






28. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






30. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






31. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






33. Author of play






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






35. Planned actor movement






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






37. God of wine and fertility






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






40. Appearance of truth






41. Director champions intention of playwright






42. Central character






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

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44. Appearance of truth






45. Scenery






46. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






48. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






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






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