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






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






3. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






4. Based on the lives of the saints






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






6. Not many props or detailed scenery






7. Imitation of character and action






8. A fee for each performance






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






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






11. Rebellion against melodrama and romanticism - more based on character's psychological journey - controversial subject matter






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






13. Emotional release






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






15. Drop in emotional intensity following the climax






16. Visible light source on stage






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

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18. Experimented with symbolism in an unconventional setting






19. Emile Zola - throws away traditional structure - 'slice of life'






20. Psychological separation - or a sense of detachment






21. Information needed to understand the play






22. Proscenium arch/stage






23. Emotional identification - sense of identification with the character






24. Main character






25. 'The Well Made Play' Credited with writing in between 440-500 plays - featured a melodramatic strategy






26. Stock characters (servants - masters - lovers)






27. Play reenacting biblical stories






28. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






29. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






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

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






32. Six elements - catharsis






33. Medea - The Bacchae






34. Main character






35. A drafting of the set as seen from overhead






36. Proscenium arch/stage






37. Performs Actions of the Play






38. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






39. Serious and comedic qualities are mixed






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






41. Events that set off a major conflict






42. Person who embodies a character on stage






43. Busiest person in the theatre






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






45. Six elements - catharsis






46. Grammatically based






47. Verse






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






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






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