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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The person in charge of the financial business and aspects of a production.






2. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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






4. Part of What is included in the text






5. Medea - The Bacchae






6. Humorous - objective view point






7. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






9. 500-1800 people






10. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






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






13. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






15. Units of action that build emotional intensity






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






17. Used alienation to encourage distance






18. Verse






19. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






20. A fee for each performance






21. Information needed to understand the play






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






23. Works published before 1923






24. Space can be manipulated to suit the production






25. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






26. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






27. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






29. Humorous - objective view point






30. Top of stage






31. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






32. Major character at odds with social expectations






33. Someone who writes plays






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






35. Proscenium space






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






37. Thomas Aquinas - literature can be dispersed at a faster rate






38. A>B>C>D






39. Physical comedy that became popular with the downslide of religious theatre

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40. 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)






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






42. Six elements - catharsis






43. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






44. Grammatically based






45. Major character at odds with social expectations






46. Was poetry for many years






47. Greek - actor






48. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






49. The first director






50. Reality (violence happens offstage) - morality (needs to teach a moral lesson) - and universality







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