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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Unstructured theatrical events on street corners - bus stops and anywhere else people gathered






2. Instead of learning how to conjure real emotions - actors of Sanskrit drama studied for many years to learn representations of emotions through:






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






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






5. Studied the history of class conflict






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






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






8. 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






9. Named new 'photographic' realism NATURALISM and his phrase 'slice of life' is quoted description of it






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






11. 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






12. Named new 'photographic' realism NATURALISM and his phrase 'slice of life' is quoted description of it






13. Plays without music






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






15. 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






16. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






17. A big production number that usually receives a torrent of applause that literally stops the show






18. A medley of the show's songs played as a preview; usually the beginning of a traditional musical; lets the audience know that it's time to stop talking because the performance is about to begin






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






20. This happened for the first time during the Restoration






21. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






22. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






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






24. 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






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






26. In Sigmund Romberg's play the king young heir to the throne sacrifices his personal happiness for the good of the kingdom when he sorrowfully pulls himself away from his true love in order to marry a princess whom he does not love






27. Goethe's most famous Romantic play






28. Most popular type of theatre during the Restoration; often featured great wit and wordplay and told stories about sexual gratification - bedroom escapades - and humankind's unrefined nature when it comes to sex






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






30. Third part of a Noh play - the protagonist appears as a new self - and the cause of torment is resolved






31. More serious plot and theme; West Side Story (1957)






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






33. Plays without music






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






35. 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






36. 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






37. Elmer Rice; about a man named Mr. Zero Who is fired from his job and replaced by an adding machine






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






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. 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






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






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

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45. 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






46. 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






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






48. 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






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






50. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs