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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Where more experts agree that human beings came into existence






2. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






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






4. '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






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






6. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






7. The orchestrated melodies






8. Writes the music






9. 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






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

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11. Built in Venice in 1637






12. Second part of a Noh play - protagonist performs a dance that expresses his or her concern






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






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






15. 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






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






17. 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)






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






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






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






21. French Enlightenment playwright; was an inventor and thinker who spent countless hours at the leading intellectual salons of France; most famous plays are The Barber of Seville - and The Marriage of Figaro - his plays reflect the attitudes of the Enl






22. 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)






23. Three parts of a Noh play






24. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






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






26. 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






27. Only cost a nickel






28. Writes the book






29. Earliest form for photography






30. Would agitate the masses - attack the spectators' sensibilities and purge people of their destructive tendencies; wanted stylized - ritualized performances - not realism - which they felt restricted the theatre to the study of psychological problems






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






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






33. Book - music - and lyrics






34. 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






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






36. 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






37. Musicals that are mostly singing and have less spoken dialogue; similar to operattas - but thier tone is often much darker and more dramatic






38. Writes the lyrics






39. 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






40. 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






41. The first theatre in the world to be lit with electric lights






42. 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






43. No protagonist; deals with a family of characters who tell many stories at once; the fact that characters on stage take no action may inspire audience members to be motivated for the opposite in real life






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






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






46. 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






47. 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






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






49. 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






50. 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