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CSET Multiple Subject: Theatre
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1. Sentimental drama - hard - hearted villain - a suffering heroine and a noble hero. It ends with good triumping over evil
melodrama
plot
theatre in the round
tragedy
2. A decorative arch that separates the stage from the audience
plot middle
comedy
plot
proscenium arch
3. Positions and movements - designed and directed by the director to focus the audience's attention on the important place or person during every moment of the play
environmental stage
Aristotelian theatre
character
blocking
4. No clear distinction between characters and audience
environmental stage
proscenium arch
farce
open staging
5. The 'what happens' in a story beginning - involves the setting - the characters and the problem they are facing
Aristotelian theatre
proscenium arch
plot
arena stage
6. Drama that describes the development of a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (destiny - circumstances of society) and reaches a sorrowful and disastrous conclusion
character
arena stage
tragedy
plot
7. Tells how the characters work to solve the problem the ending - in which the problem is resolved
theatre in the round
farce
environmental stage
plot middle
8. Involved constraining stories to fit within the 3 unitis of time - place - and actions everything should take place in one time (no flashing forward or backwards in time). everything should take place in one place - action - either tragedy or comedy
Aristotelian theatre
comedy
blocking
Kabuki theatre
9. 360 degrees around - people sitting all around the stage
theatre in the round
Kabuki theatre
plot
comedy
10. Audience is on three sides of the stage
character
thrust stage
open staging
farce
11. The role played by an actor as he or she assumes another's identity
farce
character
blocking
Kabuki theatre
12. Japanese tradition - involves colorful and elaborate make - up - costumes - melodramatic ploltlines - and skillful action and dance - music - puppetry
Kabuki theatre
plot middle
proscenium arch
open staging
13. Light dramatic composition that uses highly improbable situations - stereotyped characters - violent horseplay - and broad humor.
character
tragedy
open staging
farce
14. Stage in the center of the audience
environmental stage
plot middle
arena stage
theatre in the round
15. People looking from the sides - stage jets out into the audience
character
melodrama
open staging
plot
16. The protagonist is victorious - Jaws would be a comedy today
Aristotelian theatre
comedy
melodrama
thrust stage