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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When line of action suddenly switches






2. Seats less than 100; amateur.






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






4. 'dancing space'






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






6. Attempts to represent reality on stage






7. Attempts to represent reality on stage






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






9. First director






10. Spoken words






11. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






12. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy






13. 'seeing place'






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






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






16. Planned actor movement






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

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

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






20. Creates a visual home for the play






21. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






23. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






25. God of wine and fertility






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






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






28. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






29. 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






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






31. Was in favor of theater






32. When line of action suddenly switches






33. 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






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






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






36. 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






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






38. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






41. Author of play






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






43. Greatest dramatist of all time






44. Action - place - time






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






46. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






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






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






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