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






2. 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






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






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






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






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






7. Creates a soundtrack to support the show. It may be recorded or live






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

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






10. Who or what opposes the central character






11. Saint's plays






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






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






14. Greatest dramatist of all time






15. When line of action suddenly switches






16. Body - voice - mind

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17. Director champions intention of playwright






18. Central character






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






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

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21. 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






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

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23. Spoken words






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






25. Designs costumes for the show






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






27. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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28. Body - voice - mind

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29. Spoken words






30. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






31. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in processional staging






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






33. Appearance of truth






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






35. Physical commedy






36. 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






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






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






39. 'old comedy'. Lewd humor - attacks on government






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






41. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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






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






44. Creates a visual home for the play






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






46. First director






47. Oversees artistic aspects of show






48. Seats 500-1800; professional.






49. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






50. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance