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Theatre Appreciation 2

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Designs costumes for the show






2. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






4. Saint's plays






5. Author of play






6. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






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






8. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






9. The area farthest away from the audience






10. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






11. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






12. Creates a visual home for the play






13. 'seeing place'






14. Collection of mystery plays






15. Saint's plays






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






17. 'dancing space'






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






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






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






21. God of wine and fertility






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






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






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






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






26. 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.






27. Central character






28. The actual meaning of dialogue behind the spoken words






29. Physical commedy






30. Was in favor of theater






31. 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






32. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






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






34. Central character






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






36. 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.






37. Didn't support theater. Believed a convincing actor was harmful to society






38. 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






39. 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






40. Spoken words






41. 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






42. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






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






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






46. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






47. 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






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






49. Written by Aeschylus. Only surviving trilogy






50. Greatest dramatist of all time