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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. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






2. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






3. Handles business aspects of show






4. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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

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6. Director champions intention of playwright






7. Author of play






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






9. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






10. When line of action suddenly switches






11. Handles business aspects of show






12. When line of action suddenly switches






13. 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






14. Generally rhyming






15. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






18. Author of play






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






20. Oversees artistic aspects of show






21. Physical commedy






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






23. Greatest dramatist of all time






24. Seats 500-1800; professional.






25. 'seeing place'






26. God of wine and fertility






27. Helps establish mood - place - & intensity with the use of light






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






29. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






30. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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






32. First director






33. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






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






37. Appearance of truth






38. The area farthest away from the audience






39. 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






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






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






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






43. Directors who operate with total control






44. Saint's plays






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






46. The area farthest away from the audience






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






48. 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






49. Planned actor movement






50. Art that pushes recognized boundaries