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CSET Multiple Subject: Theatre

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Instructions:
  • Answer 16 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Japanese tradition - involves colorful and elaborate make - up - costumes - melodramatic ploltlines - and skillful action and dance - music - puppetry






2. A decorative arch that separates the stage from the audience






3. No clear distinction between characters and audience






4. Tells how the characters work to solve the problem the ending - in which the problem is resolved






5. Light dramatic composition that uses highly improbable situations - stereotyped characters - violent horseplay - and broad humor.






6. People looking from the sides - stage jets out into the audience






7. 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






8. Stage in the center of the audience






9. 360 degrees around - people sitting all around the stage






10. The protagonist is victorious - Jaws would be a comedy today






11. 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






12. The role played by an actor as he or she assumes another's identity






13. Sentimental drama - hard - hearted villain - a suffering heroine and a noble hero. It ends with good triumping over evil






14. 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






15. Audience is on three sides of the stage






16. The 'what happens' in a story beginning - involves the setting - the characters and the problem they are facing