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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Kabuki borrowed many of these movements to make Kabuki acting highly stylized and almost puppet-like






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






3. Characters were not individuals but types; standard roles included scholar - lover - hero - maiden - old woman - coquette - virtuous wife - and acrobatic warrior-maiden






4. Feature the work of a director-choreographer






5. 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






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






7. Filled with characters who cannot resist an argument about social issues; no character is exempt from talking politics and theorizing about moral - artistic or religious reform






8. Characterized by a light-hearted - fast-moving comic story - whose dialogue is interspersed with popular music; Guys and Dolls (1950)






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






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






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






12. Type of theatre that grew out of ritual - incorporated acting - music - storytelling - poetry - dance - costumes - and lots of masks to create a theatre that combined ritual and ceremony with drama






13. 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






14. Form of theatre that mixed traditional African ritual theatre and Western-style drama; encouraged African nationalism - glorified Africa's past - and advanced African customs - rituals - and culture; also dealt with serious political themes and appla






15. Plays without music






16. One of the most valuable historical records of Indian theatre; an encyclopedic book of dramatic theory and practice; has 37 chapters and covers every aspect of classical Indian drama - also a treatise on dramatic theory and philosophy - states that t






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






18. 'The Father of Realism'; was initially a Romantic writer and his early plays were verse dramas largely based on Norwegian history and folk literature; plays presented complex - sometimes distrubing - views of human society; A Doll's House (1879) - Gh






19. One of the most influential thinkers of the Enlightenment - French poet - essayist - and playwright whose writing often got him in trouble with the church; built a theatre on his own estate so he could freely present his plays






20. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






21. One of the most valuable historical records of Indian theatre; an encyclopedic book of dramatic theory and practice; has 37 chapters and covers every aspect of classical Indian drama - also a treatise on dramatic theory and philosophy - states that t






22. 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






23. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






24. 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






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






26. 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






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






28. Most famous Restoration-era woman to make her living by writing plays






29. The sung words






30. Islam's holy book - contains a warning about 'graven images' similar to the one in the Bible - prohibition applies to dolls - statues - portraits - and people playing a character






31. The want for more 'genuine' sets - more 'honest' acting - and dialogue to be modeled after everyday speech - influenced by ideas of CHarles Darwin - Sigmund Freud and Karl Marx






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






33. An extreme form of realism; an acurate 'documentary' of everyday life - including its seamy side






34. 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






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






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






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






38. Writes the book






39. Highlights the insanity of life in a comical way






40. 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






41. One of the most popular Kabuki and Bunraku playwrights - who - like Shakespeare - wrote crowd-pleasing plays that combined poetry and prose in dramatic tales of comedy - tragedy - love - and war






42. A dialogue that captures the incoherence - broken language - and pauses of modern speech; usually marked by surreal distortion and impending danger; from writing of Franz Kafka






43. The time period that glorified humans' power to reason and analyze - a period of great philosophical - scientific - technological - political - and religious revolutions






44. Bandits discuss rival systems of goverment while waiting for an attack






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






46. 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






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






48. A German poet - director and playwright who challenged traditional ideas about theatre; became a communist after watching policement shoot 4 unarmed civilians; The Life of Galileo (1938) - Mother Courage and her Children (1939) & The Caucasian Chalk






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






50. 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'







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