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






2. Focused on thought - controversial






3. Controls the environment in the theatre






4. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






5. Verse






6. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






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






8. Gas lights - etc.






9. Busiest person in the theatre






10. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






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






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






13. Works published before 1923






14. Feel more in stage acting.






15. 19th century - action - thrillers - domestic stories of love and divorce






16. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






17. 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






18. To see something in a 3 dimensional way


19. Planned actor movement






20. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






21. Proscenium arch/stage






22. Events that set off a major conflict






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


24. Humorous - objective view point






25. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






26. Person who embodies a character on stage






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






28. 'Father of Realism'






29. A group of actors - not just one star






30. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






31. A specialist in finding actors for specific roles






32. Events progress forward in time






33. The era we are currently in






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






35. 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






36. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






37. Organization of action






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






39. Linear events progress forward in time






40. Rejection of neoclassicism -






41. England's type of theatre






42. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






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






44. Professional - but all proceeds go back into the theatre - may require grants/donations






45. Based on the lives of the saints






46. A fee for each performance






47. Blend of union and non-union actors - sometimes housed in non-traditional locations






48. Top of stage






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






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