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

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2. 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






3. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






4. Second round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






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






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






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






8. Author of play






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






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






11. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






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






13. Generally rhyming






14. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






15. Secondary line of action






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






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






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






19. Collection of mystery plays






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

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






22. 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






23. Seats 500-1800; professional.






24. 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






25. 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






26. Handles business aspects of show






27. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






29. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






31. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






33. 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






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






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






36. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






38. Seats 500-1800; professional.






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






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

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41. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






42. Appearance of truth






43. First director






44. Secondary line of action






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






46. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






47. 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






48. Seats 100-500; professional






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






50. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production