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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. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






2. Born in Stafford Upon Avon - studied Latin in school - wrote 30 plays






3. Person who embodies a character on stage






4. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






6. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






7. Was poetry for many years






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






9. Not many props or detailed scenery






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






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






12. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






13. 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






14. A fee for each performance






15. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






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






17. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






18. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






19. Performs Actions of the Play






20. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






21. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






22. Planned actor movement






23. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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

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25. Causes trouble for the main character






26. The standard tool for casting a production






27. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






28. Information needed to understand the play






29. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






30. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






31. Top of stage






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






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






34. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






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

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37. Play reenacting biblical stories






38. Events progress forward in time






39. Medea - The Bacchae






40. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






41. Series of short stories






42. Ideas within the play






43. Imitation of character and action






44. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






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






47. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






48. Appearance of truth






49. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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