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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 specialist in finding actors for specific roles






2. Planned actor movement






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






4. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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5. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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6. Part of What is included in the text






7. Proscenium arch/stage






8. Performs Actions of the Play






9. Emotional release






10. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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. Oedipus - Antigone - added 3rd actor






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






14. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






15. The standard tool for casting a production






16. Ideas within the play






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






18. 'Father of Realism'






19. A drawing created by the lighting designer showing where each lighting instrument is to be hung






20. Planned actor movement






21. A group of actors - not just one star






22. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






23. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






24. Grammatically based






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






26. Silhouette - color - texture - accent






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






28. Performs Actions of the Play






29. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






31. The standard tool for casting a production






32. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






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






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






35. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






36. Emotional release






37. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






38. Works published before 1923






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






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






41. A group of actors - not just one star






42. Writer and first actor






43. Visible light source on stage






44. Feel more in stage acting.






45. Person who embodies a character on stage






46. Was poetry for many years






47. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






49. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






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