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Theatre Basics

Subject : performing-arts
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1. One of the most well-known Muslim Playwrights - who uses her plays not only to express herself but also to prompt discussions about such topics as violence against women - religious fanaticism - and female sexual desire






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






3. 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






4. Estrangement; essentially the alienation effect






5. 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






6. Earliest form for photography






7. 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






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






9. Peking Opera was dramatically altered when:






10. Islam's holy book - contains a warning about 'graven images' similar to the one in the Bible - prohibition applies to dolls - statues - portraits - and people playing a character






11. Only cost a nickel






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






13. '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






14. Three parts of a Noh play






15. Holds that human beings are naturally alone - without purpose or mission - in a universe that has no God






16. 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






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






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






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






20. Earliest form for photography






21. 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






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






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






25. Includes all other forms of drama - from the ancient ritual theatre of Africa to the traditional theatre of Asia to the shadow and puppet theatre of Muslim lands






26. Spoken lines of dialogue as well as the plot






27. A popular form of stage entertainment from the 1880s to the 1940s; included a dozen or so slapstick comedy routines - song-and-dance numbers - magic acts and juggling or acrobatic performances






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






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






30. 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






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






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






34. Writes the music






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






36. 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






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






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






39. Studied the history of class conflict






40. 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






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






42. Two types of traditional Japanese theatre






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






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






45. 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






46. 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






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






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






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






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