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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Uses rock music - the rock and roll of the 1950s (Grease) - the psychedelic rock of the 1960s (Hair) or contemporary pop and rock (Rent)






2. A permanent - professional theatre outside NYC; founded in 1947 by Margo Jones; stage new plays alongside commercial hits and historical plays; appeal to the intellectual audiences that Hollywood seldom serves






3. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






4. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






5. Recorded conversations of slum dwellers in Dublin and used their words verbatim in his plays

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6. A popular form of stage entertainment from the 1880s to the 1940s; included a dozen or so slapstick comedy routines - song-and-dance numbers - magic acts and juggling or acrobatic performances






7. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






8. Founded in 1946 by Julian Beck and Judith Malina; dedicated itself to contemporary social issues and highly political - easthetically radical plays






9. A form of musical entertainment featuring bawdy songs - dancing women - and sometimes striptease






10. Greatest of the Sturm und Drang playwrights; was also a critic - journalist - painter - biologist - statesman - poet - novelist - philosopher - scientist - and the manager of the Duke of Weimar's playhouse






11. Result of western influence - a toned down version of Kabuki - told stories of everyday life - particularly those of women - women played women's parts (whereas Kabuki was all male)






12. The artist imposes his own internal state onto the outside world itself; expressionism is a subjective account of an objective perception; expressionist plays use deliberate set distortion






13. Africa's greatest living playwright; born in Nigeria; plays combine symbolism - mysticism - beautiful dialogue - and they make strong political points; plays are deeply rooted in African myths - dance - and rituals but also influenced by Western dram






14. Told stories about common people who felt grand emotions and suffered devastating consequences (Enlightenment)






15. The first 'talkie' movie; featured white actor Al Jolson in blackface performing in a minstrel show






16. A permanent - professional theatre outside NYC; founded in 1947 by Margo Jones; stage new plays alongside commercial hits and historical plays; appeal to the intellectual audiences that Hollywood seldom serves






17. Play that takes place in a mental institution - the audience sits on the stage with the actor-patients






18. The men who play female roles are called:






19. Used giant puppets and actors to enact parables denouncing the Vietnam War and materialism






20. The sung words






21. Showed middle-class characters finding happiness and true love (Enlightenment)






22. A robust and spectacular version of Noh; named after the characters for 'song' - 'dance' - and 'skill'; created by a woman named Okuni - owner of a brothel






23. The artist imposes his own internal state onto the outside world itself; expressionism is a subjective account of an objective perception; expressionist plays use deliberate set distortion






24. The realism of the play is expressed through lyrical language






25. People who dismissed Traditional African Theatre because it was so unlike anything they knew






26. Elaborate geometrical designs were used for these roles which included supernatural beings - warriors - and bandits; the color of the make-up indicated the character's personality






27. Where more experts agree that human beings came into existence






28. Big-time vaudeville who performed a series of lavish musical reviews on Broadway






29. Built in Venice in 1637






30. What western theatre is often called:






31. Type of Islamic theatre which is created by lighting two-dimensional figures and casting their shadows on a screen; the audience watches the silhouettes while a narrator tells a story






32. Staged inexpensive - noncommercial productions of artistically significant plays in small - out-of-the-way theatres






33. Term used to describe performances that mix theatre - visual arts - music - dance - gesture and rituals; often use multimedia effects - sounds and lighting effects to make a point and allow the audience to understand its deeper implications; often re






34. No spoken dialogue - entirely sung; comes from the Latin word 'work' and may have originally meant 'works in music' or 'musical works for the stage'; first operas were in Italy in late 1500s






35. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






36. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






37. One of the most important French philosophers of the Age of Reason - wrote and edited the first encyclopedia; was also a dramatist who penned books on the techniques of acting; authored The Paradox of Acting - a book that attached the pompous declama






38. Elmer Rice; about a man named Mr. Zero Who is fired from his job and replaced by an adding machine






39. Comedies forced Victorian society to reexamine its hypocrisies; Lady Windermere's Fan (1892) - A WOman of No Importance (1893) - An Ideal Husband (1894); advocated 'art for art's sake'; The Importance of Being Ernest






40. Wrote 'high comedies' which were cerebral socially relevant plays that had an intellectual scope so vast they forced audiences to reassess their values; Man and Superman (1903) & The Quintessence of Ibsenism (1891)






41. A production of British actor Charles Kean; had realistic costumes - set and props that he had researched to make sure they were historically correct

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42. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






43. Three parts of a Noh play






44. 1. theatre has an actor who plays a character - theatre is artificial - and 2. theatre usually has a story with a conflict - conflict is key to all drama






45. A repetition of the song - sometimes with new lyrics - sometimes with the same lyrics but with new meaning or subtext in order to make a dramatic point






46. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






47. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






48. Romanian-born French playwright best categorized as a hilarious absurdist; The Bald Soprano (1949) & Rhinoceros (1959)






49. French director who stage play The Butchers (1888) with real sides of beef infested with maggots






50. During the Enlightenment there were revolutions in: ... which had a profound effect on theatre







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