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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. The era we are currently in






2. Play reenacting biblical stories






3. In ancient Greece - a stage house upstage from the circular orchestra






4. Works published before 1923






5. Italians






6. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






7. The standard tool for casting a production






8. Visible light source on stage






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






10. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






11. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






12. Organization of action






13. Gas lights - etc.






14. Busiest person in the theatre






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






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






17. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






18. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






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






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






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






22. Proscenium space






23. Used alienation to encourage distance






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






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






26. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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27. 100-499 people






28. The first director






29. 500-1800 people






30. England's type of theatre






31. Greek - actor






32. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






34. Rejection of neoclassicism -






35. 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






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






37. Medea - The Bacchae






38. Was poetry for many years






39. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






40. Controls the environment in the theatre






41. The standard tool for casting a production






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






43. Rhyming






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






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






46. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






47. Was poetry for many years






48. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






49. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






50. Works published before 1923