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






2. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






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






4. When line of action suddenly switches






5. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






6. Historical accuracy






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






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






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






10. 'seeing place'






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

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12. Scenery






13. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






15. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






16. Spoken words






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






18. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






19. Fee for each performance






20. Plays performed by the clergy in latin as part of the worship service in Christian monasteries and cathedrals during the Middle Ages.






21. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






22. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






23. 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






24. Action - place - time






25. 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






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

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27. Directors who operate with total control






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

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29. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






30. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






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






33. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






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






36. Greatest dramatist of all time






37. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






38. : a specialist in finding actors for specific roles who assists the director in some professional productions






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

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






41. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






42. Spoken words






43. Grecian attributed to writing the first tragedies then acting in them.






44. Biblical stories. From word Misterium meaning crafts/guild






45. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






46. 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






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






48. Physical commedy






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






50. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy