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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. The sung words






5. Type of theatre greatly influenced by Buddhism and Shinto; originates in ritual






6. Suggests we are trapped in an irrational universe where even basic communication is impossible






7. 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






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

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9. First black woman playwright to be producted on Broadway; Raisin in the Sun based of her actual childhood






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






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






12. '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






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






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






16. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God; not a negative - for without God humans can create their own existences - purpose and meaning






17. 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






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






19. French physicist - mathematician - and philosopher - expressed the essence of Romanticism






20. What western theatre is often called:






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






22. 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






23. 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






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






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






26. First part had musical numbers with little comic dialogue; second part was full of songs - dance and standup routines; third part featured a one-act play






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






28. A program of sketches - singing - dancing and songs pulled from previous sources






29. 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






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






31. 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






32. 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






33. Life has no purpose and they confused and antagonized audiences by refusing to adhere to a coherent set of principles - mirroring the madness of the world






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






35. 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






36. First black woman playwright to be producted on Broadway; Raisin in the Sun based of her actual childhood






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






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






39. 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






40. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (2005); The Dumb Waiter (1957)






41. Writes the music






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






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






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






45. First part of a Noh Play - usually a chance meeting between two characters - introductions are made and the characters engage in a question-and-answer sequence that reveals the protagonist's concern






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






47. Peking Opera was dramatically altered when:






48. 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






49. 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






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







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