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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. Time (play had to take place within a 24 hour period) - place (the whole play must take place in a single location) - and action (single plot)






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






3. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






4. Ideas within the play






5. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






6. Gas lights - etc.






7. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






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






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






11. Busiest person in the theatre






12. A fee for each performance






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






14. Major character at odds with social expectations






15. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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16. Proscenium arch/stage






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

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18. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






19. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






21. Historically accurate costumes and scenery






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






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

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24. An individual that aids the director in researching the play and its historical time period






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






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






27. Wrote 'The Republic' about people who would be allowed in his society






28. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






29. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






30. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






31. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






32. Series of short stories






33. Audience observes from a similar viewpoint






34. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






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






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






38. Focused on thought - controversial






39. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






40. Exaggerated comedy derived from situations






41. Events that set off a major conflict






42. Rejection of neoclassicism -






43. Shows that are produced to earn a profit for investors






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






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

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






47. Was poetry for many years






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






49. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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