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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Used giant puppets and actors to enact parables denouncing the Vietnam War and materialism






2. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






3. Built in Venice in 1637






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






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






6. 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'






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






8. '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






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






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






11. 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






12. 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






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






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






15. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






16. 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






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






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






19. Including operetta - developed out of intermezzi






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






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






22. Most famous surrealist and was a French writer and director; studied Asian religions - mysticism - and ancient cultures; declared theatre should should wake the nerves and heart; argued that proscenium arch theatres create a barrier between the audie






23. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






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






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






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






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

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28. Writes the music






29. Said that the free enterprise system is seriously flawed and is a cause of great human misery because it exploits the poor






30. Records of this type of theatre are fragmentary - but we do know that it grew out of regional religious rituals related to Confucianism - Taoism - and Buddhism - and ritual dances performed during the Shang dynasty






31. 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






32. 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)






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






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






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






36. 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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37. 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






38. 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






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






40. The orchestrated melodies






41. Three parts of a Noh play






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






43. 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






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






45. 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






46. 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






47. 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)






48. The audience remains alienated from the performance so they could critically consider the play's themes






49. Nigerian playwright that was executed for trying to protect the Ogoni people against encroachments of Shell oil company






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