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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Medea - The Bacchae






2. A group of actors - not just one star






3. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






5. Ideas within the play






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






7. Performs Actions of the Play






8. Collection of mystery plays - performed outdoors - festivals lasted 1-25 days






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






10. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






11. Planned actor movement






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






13. Top of stage






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






15. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






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






17. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






19. Planned actor movement






20. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






21. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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






23. Appearance of truth






24. Rhyming






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






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






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






28. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






29. Units of action that build emotional intensity






30. Six elements - catharsis






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






32. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






34. A>B>C>D






35. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






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






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






38. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






40. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






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






42. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






44. Events that set off a major conflict






45. In the middle ages - wagons with scenery used in professional staging






46. Someone who writes plays






47. Emotional release






48. England's type of theatre






49. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






50. Focused on thought - controversial