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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






2. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






3. Audience watches from 3 sides






4. Not many props or detailed scenery






5. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






6. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






7. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






8. Linear events progress forward in time






9. Performs Actions of the Play






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






11. 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






12. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






13. Appearance of truth






14. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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15. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






16. Writer and first actor






17. Top of stage






18. Main character






19. A group of educated men from Oxford and Cambridge Who wrote and performed for the professional public theatre






20. Grammatically based






21. Busiest person in the theatre






22. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






23. Busiest person in the theatre






24. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






26. Writer and first actor






27. Series of short stories






28. Rejection of neoclassicism -






29. Feel more in stage acting.






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






31. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






32. Visible light source on stage






33. Major character at odds with social expectations






34. Greek - actor






35. Grammatically based






36. Emotional release






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






38. A chart that records the items of clothing worn by each actor in each scene of the play






39. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






41. Medea - The Bacchae






42. Planned actor movement






43. A fee for each performance






44. Works published before 1923






45. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






46. A group of actors - not just one star






47. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






48. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






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






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







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