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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. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






4. When line of action suddenly switches






5. Author of play






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






7. Sentences/paragraph structure






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






9. 'dancing space'






10. Body - voice - mind

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






12. Secondary line of action






13. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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

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15. Was in favor of theater






16. Physical commedy






17. 'seeing place'






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

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19. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






20. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






21. 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






22. Handles business aspects of show






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

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






25. Push idea of reality - morality - and universality






26. Plays written before 1923 are no longer protected






27. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






28. Handles business aspects of show






29. God of wine and fertility






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






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. Fee for each performance






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






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






35. Historical accuracy






36. 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






37. Oversees the entire production crew - rehearsals & performance






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






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






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






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






42. Director champions intention of playwright






43. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






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






45. 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






46. Greatest dramatist of all time






47. Causal play structure. A ? B ? C






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

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49. Work developed actors in realism and naturalism






50. Wrote the Orestia which is the only surviving trilogy