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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. Non-profit and sells a full season theatre






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






3. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






4. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






5. Practical considerations - atmosphere - visual images.






6. Ideas within the play






7. The standard tool for casting a production






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






9. Rejection of neoclassicism -






10. Verse






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






12. Audience watches from 3 sides






13. Rhyming






14. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






15. Verse






16. Used alienation to encourage distance






17. Based on the lives of the saints






18. Imitation of character and action






19. Controls the environment in the theatre






20. Naturalism - throw away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






21. 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






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






23. Major character at odds with social expectations






24. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






25. Not many props or detailed scenery






26. Occurs when a line of action suddenly veers to the opposite






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

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28. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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

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30. Suggest - distort - or abstract reality - deliberately incomplete - impossible in real life






31. Works published before 1923






32. 'Father of Realism'






33. The period of work in which the show is made ready for the stage.






34. Part of What is included in the text






35. The audience seating are 'sitting place'






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






37. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






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






40. A>B>C>D






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






42. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






43. Planned actor movement






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

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45. 100-499 people






46. Series of short stories






47. Grammatically based






48. Organization of action






49. England's type of theatre






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