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






3. Seats less than 100; amateur.






4. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






7. Spoken words






8. Central character






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






10. Creates a visual home for the play






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






12. The actors recall of sights - sounds - touch - and smell from specific past events.






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






14. Author of play






15. Author of play






16. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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


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






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


20. 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






21. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






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






23. Attempts to represent reality on stage






24. Secondary line of action






25. 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






26. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






27. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






28. Oversees artistic aspects of show






29. The area farthest away from the audience






30. Saint's plays






31. 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






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






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






34. First director






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






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






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






38. Fee for each performance






39. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






41. Action - place - time






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






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






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






45. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






47. 'seeing place'






48. 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






49. God of wine and fertility






50. 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