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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A chart that records items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






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






3. When line of action suddenly switches






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






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






6. Author of play






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






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






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






10. Scenery






11. Planned actor movement






12. To control the environment in the theatre - influence audience's emotional involvement - and communicate information

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13. Actor in 5th century Greece






14. Historical accuracy






15. 'seeing place'






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






17. First director






18. 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






19. 'dancing space'






20. Actor in 5th century Greece






21. 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






22. 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






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

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






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

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26. A flexible performance space (usually small) in which the actor/audience configuration can be easily changed for each production






27. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






29. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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

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32. Saint's plays






33. Generally rhyming






34. Appearance of truth






35. Collection of mystery plays






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






37. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






38. 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






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. 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






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






42. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






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






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






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






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






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






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






49. Seats 500-1800; professional.






50. 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