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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two or more opposing forces working towards different goals






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






3. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






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






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






6. Major character at odds with social expectations






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






8. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






9. Used alienation to encourage distance






10. The standard tool for casting a production






11. Proscenium arch/stage






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






13. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






14. England's type of theatre






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






16. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






17. Based on the lives of the saints






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






19. 100-499 people






20. England's type of theatre






21. 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






22. The standard tool for casting a production






23. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






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






25. A>B>C>D






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






27. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






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






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






30. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






31. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






32. Verse






33. Six elements - catharsis






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






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






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






37. Used alienation to encourage distance






38. Causes trouble for the main character






39. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






40. Writer and first actor






41. Recognizes plays as intellectual property of the playwright






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

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






44. Visible light source on stage






45. Information needed to understand the play






46. Stick used to add noise to physical comedy






47. Proscenium space






48. A picture of the scene from the audience perspective






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






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