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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Set out to break all the neoclassical rules - attacked the three unities






2. Six characters take on life of their own when the playwright fails to complete the play in which they were supposed to appear






3. 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






4. Known for life-like sets that used hand-painted screens and gas-powered lighting effects to stage realistic sunrises and storm clouds; invented the DAGUERREO-TYPE - which was an early form of photography






5. Contemporary form of Sanskrit Theatre - dramatized version of the Hindu epic poems Ramayana and Mahabharata






6. Set out to break all the neoclassical rules - attacked the three unities






7. Sell over $1billion worth of tickets annually - majority of those are for musicals






8. Most famous English actress - born into poverty - started out singing in taverns and selling oranges in theatres - became the King's mistress






9. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






10. Theatre was not seen as being of value to society - so plays were not an important part of:






11. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






12. Comic interludes performed during the intermissions of opera






13. Built in Venice in 1637






14. 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






15. Sigmund Freud's book which analyzes the character of Oedipus and Hamlet






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






17. An early form of theatre; it used theatrical techniques such as song - dance - and characterization - but it was still firmly rooted in religion






18. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






19. 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






20. The sung words






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






22. A program of sketches - singing - dancing and songs pulled from previous sources






23. Would be removed in the box set to give audience a real life look into the scene






24. Any artist or work of art that is experimental - innovative or unconventional; some styles would be symbolism - expressionism - futurism - Dadaism - surrealism - and absurdism






25. 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






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






27. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






28. Unstructured theatrical events on street corners - bus stops and anywhere else people gathered






29. Closely tied to ritual - and it uses color - dance - song - and movements to exaggerate - stylize - and symbolically represent life






30. By Swedish Playwright August Strindberg; fourteen-act play that follows the disconnected logic of a dream






31. Improved the daguerreotype and created modern photography; was also an English physicist






32. Writers who felt science was not adequate to describe the full range of human experience - and their writings stressed instinct - intuition - and feeling






33. Grew up in poverty and put himself through medical school and set up free clinics in Russia to help the poor; The Seagull (1896) - Uncle Vanya (1899) Three Sisters (1901) & The Cherry Orchard (1904); placed on stage the lazy chaos of lives crushed by






34. Composed and produced by Bob Cole - lyrics by Billy Johnson; story of a con man and used minstrel stereotypes and spoofed Chinatown; in one scene a young black man sings about he and his date were denied entry to a nightclub cuz He was black and this






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






36. All lines are sung - usually to grand classical music; Madama Butterfly (1904)






37. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






38. 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






39. French philosopher and playwright; The Flies (1943) & No Exit (1944)






40. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






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

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42. Russian playwright whose play The Lower Depths (1902) took look at people living in cellar of Moscow flophouse






43. A sudden - striking pose (often with their eyes crossed - chin sharply turned - and big toe pointed towards the sky) in Kabuki accompanied by several powerful beats of wooden clappers






44. Six characters take on life of their own when the playwright fails to complete the play in which they were supposed to appear






45. 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)






46. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






47. A program of unrelated singing - dancing and comedy numbers






48. French philosopher often called the Father of the Romantic movement; argued that people could find happiness in a 'state of nature' and that they should learn from nature rather than the artificial and corrupted teachings of society






49. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






50. First female theatre manager in London; was also an actor and singer; managed first theatre to have a box set; Olympic Theatre in London