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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Told stories about common people who felt grand emotions and suffered devastating consequences (Enlightenment)






2. Included comic scenes - dance interludes and sentimental ballads all based on white stereotypes of black life in the South






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






4. Light opera - differs from 'grand opera' because it has a frivolous - comic theme - some spoken dialogue - a melodramatic story - and usually a little dancing; The Mikado (1885)






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






6. Book - music - and lyrics






7. A period of licentious gaudiness inspired by the elaborate styles that Charles II brought with him from the French Court






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






9. Comic operas that mixed popular songs of the day with spoken dialogue






10. 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






11. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






12. Wrote plays about the rugged lives of Irish peasants using their dialect; Riders to the Sea (1904) & The Playboy of the Western World (1907)






13. Have become living traditions that are handed down from father to son

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14. A true-to-life interior containing a room or rooms with the fourth wall removed so that the audience has the feeling of looking in on the characters' private lives






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






16. Brought Western-style theatre to Africa to dramatize Bible stories in order to win converts






17. Kabuki borrowed many of these movements to make Kabuki acting highly stylized and almost puppet-like






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

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19. Based off the idea that before a problem can be solved - society must first understand that the problem exists; 'attack the message - not the messenger'






20. Uses rock music - the rock and roll of the 1950s (Grease) - the psychedelic rock of the 1960s (Hair) or contemporary pop and rock (Rent)






21. Argued that the prime function of playwrights is to expose the social and moral evils of their time






22. 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






23. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






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






25. Thought that inner truths could be hinted at only through symbols; sought to replace the specific and concrete with the suggestive and metaphorical; usually had little plot or action and tended to baffle the audience






26. 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






27. Musicals with a particularly well-developed story and characters






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






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






30. Plays without music






31. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God






32. 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






33. Play by Wole Soyinka; celebrates Nigerian independence but also warns against returning to Nigeria's violent past






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






35. Suggests we are trapped in an irrational universe where even basic communication is impossible






36. Plays about the issues of the day that were in Manhattan neighborhoods






37. Earliest form for photography






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






39. 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






40. 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






41. First part of a Noh Play - usually a chance meeting between two characters - introductions are made and the characters engage in a question-and-answer sequence that reveals the protagonist's concern






42. 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






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






44. History plays about major political events of the past - domestic plays about the loves and lives of merchants and townspeople - and dance-dramas about the world of spirits and animals






45. Grew out of the theatre of Thespis in Ancient Greece; passed from the Athenians to the Romans to the medieval Europeans






46. 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






47. A true-to-life interior containing a room or rooms with the fourth wall removed so that the audience has the feeling of looking in on the characters' private lives






48. 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






49. Book - music - and lyrics






50. Smaller - less expensive alternative experimental theatres; flourished in lofts - basements - coffeehouses and any found space usable







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