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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Actor in 5th century Greece






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






3. Greatest dramatist of all time






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






5. 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






6. First director






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






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






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






10. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






11. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






12. Who or what opposes the central character






13. Action - place - time






14. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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

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16. Historical accuracy






17. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






18. Spoken words






19. Physical commedy






20. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






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

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






23. Scenery






24. The area farthest away from the audience






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

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26. 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






27. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






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






30. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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






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






33. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






34. A group of performers working together vocally and physically. A chorus of approximately 12-15 singer-dancers who interacted with and responded to the actors was an important element of ancient Greek theatre.






35. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation of a play to the audience.






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






37. 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






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






39. 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






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






41. Fee for each performance






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






43. Directors who operate with total control






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






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






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






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






48. The stage area closest to the audience; on the raked stage of the Renaissance theatres - the stage literally sloped downward as it got closer to the audience






49. Appearance of truth






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







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