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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. Appearance of truth






2. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






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






4. Planned actor movement






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






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






7. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






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






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






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






12. 'dancing space'






13. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






15. Saint's plays






16. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






17. Secondary line of action






18. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






19. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






20. 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






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. First director






23. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






24. Standard tool for casting productions






25. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






26. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






28. Scenery






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






30. 'dancing space'






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






32. Creates a visual home for the play






33. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






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






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






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






38. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






39. Oversees artistic aspects of show






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






41. 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






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






43. Author of play






44. Appearance of truth






45. 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






46. Called for naturalism - claiming that plays should show a 'slice of life'






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






48. The central element of causal plot; two forces working against each other






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






50. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy