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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. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






3. Purgation of pity and fear experienced upon watching theater.






4. Greatest dramatist of all time






5. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






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






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






9. Movement based on study of ancient Greek and Roman culture






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






11. Seats 100-500; professional






12. First director






13. When line of action suddenly switches






14. Seats 500-1800; professional.






15. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






16. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






17. 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.






18. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






19. Fee for each performance






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






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






22. Seats less than 100; amateur.






23. Was in favor of theater






24. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






25. Standard tool for casting productions






26. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






27. Collection of mystery plays






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






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






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






31. Saint's plays






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






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






34. Scenery






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

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

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37. 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






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






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. God of wine and fertility






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






42. Secondary line of action






43. 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.






44. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






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






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






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






49. Directors who operate with total control






50. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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