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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






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






3. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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

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5. Saint's plays






6. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






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

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






9. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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

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11. Creates a visual home for the play






12. Historical accuracy






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






14. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






15. 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






16. Action - place - time






17. Central character






18. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






19. Director champions intention of playwright






20. Secondary line of action






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






22. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






23. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






25. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






26. God of wine and fertility






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






28. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






29. Who or what opposes the central character






30. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






32. Was in favor of theater






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






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






35. 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






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






37. Scenery






38. 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






39. Body - voice - mind

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40. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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

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43. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






44. Appearance of truth






45. Who or what opposes the central character






46. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






47. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






48. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






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






50. 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







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