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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






2. Main character






3. Busiest person in the theatre






4. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






5. Major character at odds with social expectations






6. Top of stage






7. Humorous - objective view point






8. Less than 100 people - experimental theatre - not exactly commercial






9. 'Storm and stress'






10. Proscenium arch/stage






11. Audience watches from 3 sides






12. Verse






13. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






14. A fee for each performance






15. Rhyming






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






17. Production of plays in schools at primary - secondary - undergraduate - and graduate levels






18. Six elements - catharsis






19. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






20. Major character at odds with social expectations






21. Appearance of truth






22. Verse






23. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






24. Based on the lives of the saints






25. Plays with a moral message - good vs. evil






26. In ancient Greece - the audience seating area at floor level immediately in front of the stage






27. Events progress forward in time






28. The person in charge of the artistic aspects of theatrical production






29. 500-1800 people






30. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






31. What characters do - what characters say about themselves - what others say about them






32. Someone who writes plays






33. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality






34. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






35. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






36. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






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






38. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






39. Plato thought it was harmful to be one thing and act like another

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40. Gas lights - etc.






41. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






42. Play reenacting biblical stories






43. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






44. 100-499 people






45. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






46. Person who embodies a character on stage






47. Medea - The Bacchae






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






49. Feel more in stage acting.






50. Gas lights - etc.







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