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






2. Creates a visual home for the play






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






4. Scenery






5. Seats 100-500; professional






6. Director champions intention of playwright






7. 'seeing place'






8. Group of influential - educated Renaissance playwrights






9. God of wine and fertility






10. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






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






12. Usher. Shows people to seats - checks tickets






13. Generally rhyming






14. Emotional identification. Refers to audience participation






15. Physical commedy






16. First director






17. A specialist in dramatic literature and theatre history who serves as a consultant for production






18. Spoken words






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






20. Scenery






21. Action - place - time






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

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






24. Who or what opposes the central character






25. Action - place - time






26. When line of action suddenly switches






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






28. Seats 100-500; professional






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






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






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






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






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






34. Oversees artistic aspects of show






35. God of wine and fertility






36. Creates a visual home for the play






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






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






39. Art that pushes recognized boundaries






40. Sentences/paragraph structure






41. Recognize plays as intellectual property of playwright






42. Attributed to writing over 700 plays






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






44. Appearance of truth






45. 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






46. Seats less than 100; amateur.






47. 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.






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






49. 'dancing space'






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

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