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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. Was in favor of theater






2. Scenery






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






4. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






5. Fee for each performance






6. Body - voice - mind

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






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






9. Generally rhyming






10. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






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






12. Planned actor movement






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






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

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15. Fee for each performance






16. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






17. Seats 100-500; professional






18. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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

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20. Standard tool for casting productions






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






22. Designs costumes for the show






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






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






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






26. 'dancing space'






27. 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






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






29. Who or what opposes the central character






30. Handles business aspects of show






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






32. Convincing actors were too powerful a tool of persuasion

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33. Actor in 5th century Greece






34. Handles business aspects of show






35. Scenery






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






37. 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.






38. Person in charge of artistic aspect of theater production






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






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. Humanity's struggle with good and evil






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






43. Director champions intention of playwright






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






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






46. 'seeing place'






47. Greatest dramatist of all time






48. Style of production that acknowledges theatricality and does not attempt to created the impression of 'real life' on the stage. Presentational scenery - costumes - and lighting may suggest - distort - or even abstract reality. Presentational acting m






49. Secondary line of action






50. 'dancing space'