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Theatre Appreciation

Subject : performing-arts
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1. Business aspect of theatre: House manager - box office manager - ushers






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






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






4. Does not acknowledge the presence of an audience






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






6. 'Father of Realism'






7. Gas lights - etc.






8. To see something in a 3 dimensional way

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9. Was poetry for many years






10. Practitioners do not rely on theatrical activity for their livelihood






11. Relates to the emotional response that the play creates






12. Works published before 1923






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






14. Play reenacting biblical stories






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






16. Based on the lives of the saints






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






18. Series of short stories






19. Actors do not acknowledge the presence of an audience






20. Focused on thought - controversial






21. 'New Comedy' wrote The Grouch






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






23. Used alienation to encourage distance






24. Used alienation to encourage distance






25. Person who embodies a character on stage






26. Italians






27. Verse






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






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






30. Grammatically based






31. Based on the lives of the saints






32. Fast paced - uses reversal and discovery






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






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






35. The recall of physical sensations surrounding emotional events






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






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






38. Main character






39. A group of performers working together vocally and physically






40. Bottom of stage (closest to audience)






41. Audience watches from 3 sides






42. Drawn by eccentricities of major character






43. The first director






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






45. Part of What is included in the text






46. Visible light source on stage






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






48. The Clouds - The Frogs - Lysistrata






49. Medea - The Bacchae






50. Units of action that build emotional intensity







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