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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






2. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






3. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






4. Someone who writes plays






5. Visible light source on stage






6. Organization of action






7. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






8. Works published before 1923






9. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






10. Focused on thought - controversial






11. Scenery - costume - lighting - rhythm - movement - composition






12. Artistic decisions meant to communicate a specific interpretation to the audience






13. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






14. 'Father of Realism'






15. Rhyming






16. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






17. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






18. Rejection of neoclassicism -






19. Occurs when something important is found - learned - or realized - during the action of the play






20. Busiest person in the theatre






21. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






22. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






23. Based on the lives of the saints






24. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






25. Experimental - popular between 1890's-1960's






26. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






27. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






28. Top of stage






29. Audience watches from 3 sides






30. Writer and first actor






31. In a proscenium space - spaces offstage to the left and right for actors - crew - and scenery not yet in the visible performance space






32. Moscow arts theatre - ensemble acting - psychological evaluation of character






33. Was poetry for many years






34. Planned actor movement






35. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






36. An entrance to elevated seating for the audience that runs underneath the audience and comes up to empty to the seating area






37. Plot - Character - Thought - Language - Music - Spectacle

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38. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






39. Controls the environment in the theatre






40. 'Father of Realism'






41. A type of performance in which dialogue and action are not planned ahead of time and written down - but are made of on the spot by the actors






42. Grammatically based






43. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






44. Linear events progress forward in time






45. Part of What is included in the text






46. Main character






47. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






48. Proscenium arch/stage






49. The Oresteia - only surviving Greek trilogy - added 2nd actor






50. Secondary line of action that is included in the plot/story