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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






2. Was poetry for many years






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






4. Writer and first actor






5. 'Emotion over intellect' - made to assault the senses - developed by Antonin Artaud






6. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






7. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






8. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






9. The actual meaning of the dialogue behind the words spoken






10. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






11. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






12. The era we are currently in






13. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






14. A second or later round of auditions to which specific actors are invited






15. Six elements - catharsis






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

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






18. Main character






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






20. Units of action that build emotional intensity






21. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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

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23. Evokes emotions of pity and fear - serious - ends unhappily






24. Part of What is included in the text






25. Audience watches from 3 sides






26. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






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






29. The first director






30. Feel more in stage acting.






31. Series of short stories






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






33. Gas lights - etc.






34. Amateur theatre in which shows are created by residents of a particular area who come together without being part of a professional or academic institution






35. Requires actors to call on personal memories of situations similar to those of their characters






36. 100-499 people






37. Causes trouble for the main character






38. Meetings before casting - brainstorming - shaping work into a unified concept






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






40. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






41. Rejection of neoclassicism -






42. Movement of art and literature in 16th century - based on Greek and Roman works






43. Was poetry for many years






44. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






45. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






46. 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






47. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






48. Busiest person in the theatre






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






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