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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Attacked the evils and restrictions of society; tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic imagery and contradictory images; performances were often violent and cruel as they tried to shock the audience into the realiza






2. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






3. A blend of melody and drama and refers to the background music often played during these performances






4. 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






5. Proclaimed 'God is dead...and we have killed him.'; felt taht absence of God was a tragedy - but believed human beings needed to accept the tragedy and move forward in a world that was unjust and meaningless






6. Wooden clappers used in Kabuki






7. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






8. 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






9. The first all-black show to pay at a top Broadway theatre






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






11. A synthesis of music - dance - acting - and acrobatics; it was first performed by strolling players in markets - temples - courtyards - and the streets






12. 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






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






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






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

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






17. Only cost a nickel






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






19. 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






20. The sung words






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






22. 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






23. Type of Islamic theatre - religious drama of Iran which allowed for actors - both professional and amateur - and has been performed in open-air playing spaces and on some occasions in specially constructed indoor stages for hundreds of years

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24. Attacked the evils and restrictions of society; tried to reveal the higher reality of the unconscious mind with fantastic imagery and contradictory images; performances were often violent and cruel as they tried to shock the audience into the realiza






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






26. Form of drama that dominated theatre in India for a thousand years; named for the ancient Indian language in which its plays are performed; combine the natural and the supernatural - the believable and unbelievable






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






28. The first modern musical; a melodrama about black magic staged in NYC in 1866






29. Plays without music






30. Musicals that feature a particular band's songs






31. 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






32. 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






33. 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






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






35. 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






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






37. Built in Venice in 1637






38. Exposed the squalid living conditions of the urban poor and explores scandalous topics like poverty - venereal disease and prostitution; 'Sordid Realism'






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






40. 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






41. '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






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






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






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






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






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






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






48. Divided into fatalist - hilarious and existentialist






49. Staged inexpensive - noncommercial productions of artistically significant plays in small - out-of-the-way theatres






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






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