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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. Secondary line of action






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






3. Generally rhyming






4. Creates a visual home for the play






5. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






6. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






7. The area farthest away from the audience






8. Director champions intention of playwright






9. Scenery






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






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






12. First director






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






14. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






15. Generally rhyming






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






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






18. Saint's plays






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






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






21. Historical accuracy






22. 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






23. Handles business aspects of show






24. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






25. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






26. 'dancing space'






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






28. Seats 100-500; professional






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






30. The area farthest away from the audience






31. Fee for each performance






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






33. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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






36. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






37. Action - place - time






38. Physical commedy






39. Saint's plays






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






41. 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






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






43. created by Augest von Schegel - the replacement of neoclassical structure: form should be directed by subject matter - not classical precedent. Romantics were fascinated with natural forces - the unexplainable - gothic - and mystical. Romantics drama






44. A drafting of the plan of the set as seen from overhead. A ground plan shows where any scenic pieces or set props (such as furniture) are to be placed






45. Seats less than 100; amateur.






46. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






47. 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






48. When line of action suddenly switches






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






50. Appearance of truth